noun
moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
• Syn: ↑bombycid, ↑silkworm moth
• Hypernyms: ↑moth
• Hyponyms: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑Bombyx mori
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombycidae, ↑family Bombycidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.