HyperDic: bombyx

English > 1 sense of the word Bombyx:
NOUNanimalBombyx, genus Bombyxtype genus of the Bombycidae
English > Bombyx: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth.
Synonymgenus Bombyx
Member ofBombycidae, family BombycidaeChinese silkworm moth
Membersdomestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx moriStocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely / entirely under human care
silkwormThe commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishbombyx, Bombyx, género Bombyx, genus bombyx
Catalanbombyx, genus bombyx

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