silkworm

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 102303449)
    is a type of: caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
    belongs to: bombyx, genus bombyx - type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth
    has: sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
  2. Larva of a saturniid moth;
    Spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon (synset 102305272)
    is a type of: caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
    subtypes: ailanthus silkworm, samia cynthia - large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
    belongs to: family saturniidae, saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
    has: sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
    same as: giant silkworm, wild wilkworm

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