NOUN | animal | Bombyx, genus Bombyx | type genus of the Bombycidae |
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Meaning | type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth. | |
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Synonym | genus Bombyx | |
Member of | Bombycidae, family Bombycidae | Chinese silkworm moth |
Members | domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx mori | Stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely / entirely under human care |
silkworm | The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber | |
Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
Spanish | bombyx, Bombyx, género Bombyx, genus bombyx | |
Catalan | bombyx, genus bombyx |
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