silkworm

Words with a similar base: giant_silkworm, silkworm

'silkworm'

[silkworm.n.01] as in: the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk

'silkworm'

[silkworm.n.02] as in: larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon