silkmoth

English

Etymology

From silk +‎ moth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

silkmoth (plural silkmoths)

  1. Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).

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