Dictionary

1. (

• silkworm ,

) the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk ;

2. (

• silkworm ,
• giant_silkworm ,
• wild_wilkworm

) larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon ;