noun
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
• Syn: ↑silkworm, ↑wild wilkworm
• Hypernyms: ↑caterpillar
• Hyponyms: ↑ailanthus silkworm, ↑Samia cynthia
• Member Holonyms: ↑Saturniidae, ↑family Saturniidae
• Part Meronyms: ↑silk gland, ↑serictery, ↑sericterium
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noun : the larva of a moth of the family Saturniidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.