noun
1. moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
• Syn: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth
• Hypernyms: ↑moth
• Hyponyms: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑Bombyx mori
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombycidae, ↑family Bombycidae
2. any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
• Syn: ↑giant silkworm moth
• Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth
• Hyponyms: ↑cynthia moth, ↑Samia cynthia, ↑Samia walkeri, ↑atlas moth, ↑Atticus atlas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.