silk worm
Cocoon-spinning caterpillar
A silkworm is the caterpillar of a moth that spins a cocoon of fine, lustrous fiber—the source of silk thread.
Silkworms have been domesticated for thousands of years and cannot survive in the wild.
The word appears as one word or two: silkworm, silk worm.
Sericulture is the practice of raising them for silk production.
- mulberryMorus tree fruit
- mulberry leavesFoliage from fruit-bearing tree
- mothNight-flying lepidopteran
- threadFiber for stitching
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
weaving · larvae · spinning · fiber · loom · textile · China · delicate · lustrous · satin · metamorphosis · life cycle · pupae · feeding · leaves · soft · shimmer · fabric
- insect productsbeeswax, honey, propolis, royal jelly, shellac
- working animalsherding, gun dog, guarding, pulling, hunting dog
- silkwormcocoon, mulberry, caterpillar, larva, pupa
- textile fibersraw cotton, raw wool, fleece, flax, hemp
economic function
silk wormarmy worm
Crop-devouring moth larva
corn borer · cabbage worm · boll weevil · locust · crop pest
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