| NOUN | animal | genus Bombyx, Bombyx | type genus of the Bombycidae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth. | |
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| Synonym | 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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