silkworm

Any of various caterpillars that produce silk cocoons, especially the larva of a moth (Bombyx mori) native to Asia that spins a cocoon of fine, strong, lustrous fiber that is the source of commercial silk.

The larva or caterpillar of a bombycine moth or silk-moth which in the chrysalis state is inclosed in a cocoon of silk; especially, such a larva, as of Bombyx (Sericaria) mori and allied species, from which silk of commercial value is obtained.

A shopper who examines goods without buying.

The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

the larva of the Pernyi moth. See Pernyi moth.

a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut.

a disease of silkworms; muscardine.

Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori which is the source of most commercial silk.

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

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