Noun silkworm has 2 senses
- 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
- 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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