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nounlarva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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nounthe commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silktype of:
Parts of silkworm
- "silk gland"
- "sericterium"
- "serictery"