Silkmoth

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAny moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).

Synonyms

silkworm bombyx slug moth cup moth webworm moon moth webmoth webworm moth swift moth bombycoid bombykol bee moth

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