noun
stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce
• Syn: ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑Bombyx mori
• Hypernyms: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth, ↑silkworm moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bombyx, ↑genus Bombyx
Useful english dictionary. 2012.