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silkmoth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From silk + moth.

Meanings

  1. Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).

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Deriveds

zephyr eyed silkmoth · calleta silkmoth · ceanothus silkmoth · domestic silkmoth · Japanese silkmoth · cricula silkmoth · eri silkmoth · spicebush silkmoth · Japanese oak silkmoth · Glover's silkmoth · sweetbay silkmoth · Columbia silkmoth · ghostly silkmoth · Louisiana silkmoth · cecrops eyed silkmoth · mulberry silkmoth · Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth · Assam silkmoth · Siberian silkmoth · Forbes' silkmoth · iris eyed silkmoth · Chinese oak silkmoth · promethea silkmoth · greasewood silkmoth · Jonasi silkmoth · larch silkmoth · ailanthus silkmoth · wild silkmoth · Patagonia eyed silkmoth · tuliptree silkmoth