| NOUN | animal | wild wilkworm, silkworm, giant silkworm | larva of a saturniid moth |
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| Meaning | larva of a saturniid moth; spins / spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon. | |
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| Synonyms | silkworm, giant silkworm | |
| Member of | Saturniidae, family Saturniidae | Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known |
| Parts | silk gland, serictery, sericterium | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders |
| Narrower | ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia | large green silkworm / silkworm of the cynthia moth |
| Broader | caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
| Spanish | gusano de seda | |
| Catalan | cuc de seda | |
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