silkmoth

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Etymology[edit]

silk +‎ moth

Noun[edit]

silkmoth (plural silkmoths)

  1. Any 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).

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