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Noun: domestic silkworm moth
  1. Stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce
    "The silk farm housed thousands of domestic silkworm moths";
    - domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx mori

Derived forms: domestic silkworm moths

Type of: bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth

Part of: Bombyx, genus Bombyx

Encyclopedia: Domestic silkworm moth