the 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 silk
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
silkworm的用法和样例:
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Silkworms make cocoons. 蚕做茧。
The silkworms are producing well. 这些蚕的吐丝量很大。
Silkworm culture is practised in order to get silk. 养蚕是为了得到蚕丝。