English-Thai Dictionary

silkworm

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SILKWORM

n.The worm which produces silk, of the genus Phalaena. Silk-worms are said to have been first introduced into the Roman empire from China, in the reign of Justinian.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SILKWORM

Silk "worm `, n. Etym: [AS. seolcwyrm.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

 

Note: The common species (Bombyx mori ) feeds onm the leaves of the white mulberry tree. It is native of China, but has long been introduced into other countries of Asia and Europe, and is reared on a large scale. In America it is reared only to small extent. The Ailanthus silkworm (Philosamia cynthia ) is a much larger species, of considerable importance, which has been introduced into Europe and America from China. The most useful American species is the Polyphemus. See Polyphemus. Pernyi silkworm, the larva of the Pernyi moth. See Pernyi moth. -- Silkworm gut, a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut. -- Silkworm rot, a disease of silkworms; muscardine.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

silkworm

silk worm |ˈsilkˌwərm ˈsɪlkˌwərm | ▶noun the commercially bred caterpillar of the domesticated silkworm moth (Bombyx mori ), which spins a silk cocoon that is processed to yield silk fiber. • a commercial silk-yielding caterpillar of a saturniid moth. See tussore, tussore moth. ORIGIN Old English seolcwyrm (see silk, worm ).

 

silkworm moth

silk worm moth ▶noun a large moth with a caterpillar that spins a protective silken cocoon. [● (also the silk moth ) a domesticated Asian moth whose larva is the chief commercial silkworm (Bombyx mori, family Bombycidae ). ● (also giant silk moth ) a saturniid moth. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

silkworm

silk |worm |ˈsɪlkwəːm | ▶noun the commercially bred caterpillar of the domesticated silk moth (Bombyx mori ), which spins a silk cocoon that is processed to yield silk fibre. • [ with modifier ] a commercial silk-yielding caterpillar of a saturniid moth. ORIGIN Old English seolcwyrm (see silk, worm ).

 

silkworm moth

silk worm moth ▶noun a large moth with a caterpillar that spins a protective silken cocoon. [● (also the silk moth ) a domesticated Asian moth whose larva is the chief commercial silkworm (Bombyx mori, family Bombycidae ). ● (also giant silk moth ) a saturniid moth. ]

 

Duden Dictionary

Silkworm

Silk worm Substantiv, Neutrum , das Silkwormgut |ˈsɪlkwəːm |das Silkworm; Genitiv: des Silkworms aus dem Spinnsaft der Seidenraupe gewonnenes chirurgisches Nähmaterial

 

Silkwormgut

Silk worm gut Substantiv, Neutrum , das Silkworm |…gat |das Silkwormgut; Genitiv: des Silkwormguts aus dem Spinnsaft der Seidenraupe gewonnenes chirurgisches Nähmaterial

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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