- silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
--1 is a kind of caterpillar
--1 is a member of Saturniidae, family Saturniidae
--1 has parts: silk gland, serictery, sericterium
--1 has particulars: ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia