Noun silkworm has 2 senses
  1. silkworm - hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
    --1 is a kind of
    caterpillar
    --1 is a member of Bombyx, genus Bombyx
    --1 has parts: silk gland, serictery, sericterium
  2. silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
    --2 is a kind of caterpillar
    --2 is a member of Saturniidae, family Saturniidae
    --2 has parts: silk gland, serictery, sericterium
    --2 has particulars: ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia
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