| NOUN | animal | Bombyx mori, domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth | stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely / entirely under human care |
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| Meaning | Stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely / entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce. | |
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| Synonyms | domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth | |
| Member of | Bombyx, genus Bombyx | type genus of the Bombycidae |
| Broader | bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth | moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk |
| Catalan | Bombyx mori | |
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