silkworm

IPA: sˈɪɫkwɝm

Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

Examples of "silkworm" in Sentences

"I didn't know there was more than one kind of silkworm!" exclaimed
"silkworm" yielded no results; a broader search for "ancient China" returned 12 sites.
The silk, according to Pliny, was the produce of a large kind of silkworm not found elsewhere.
Silk, too, is manufactured from vegetable matter, independent of the silkworm, which is now seen only in museums.
The boiled chrysalis of a species of silkworm is exposed for sale as a great delicacy, and so are certain kinds of hairless, fleshy caterpillars.
For Bookings: www. asiatravel.com For More Video: book. asiatravel.com The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of Bombyx mori (Latin: "silkworm of the mulberry tree"), the domesticated silkmoth.
It was very worrying and expensive, said the former silkworm farmer, who is now without land or work and living with his large family on a government allowance of 100 yuan £100 per person per month.
BLITZER: Well when he says -- the information minister, John -- that it was flying at a relatively low level, 20 to 25 meters, that would seem to suggest the kind of silkworm missile that shipped to shore, if you will, that General Shepperd was talking about earlier flying below radar.