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type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

a genus of arthropods

Chinese silkworm moth

stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce

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