| domesticated silkworm moth 
 
 stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care;
 the source of most of the silk commerce
 • Syn:
 domestic silkworm moth, Bombyx mori
 • Hypernyms:
 bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth
 • Member Holonyms:
 Bombyx, genus Bombyx
 
 
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