Silkworm
['sɪlkwɜːm] or ['sɪlkwɝm]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.
Typist: Rex--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If you dream of a silkworm, you will engage in a very profitable work, which will also place you in a prominent position. To see them dead, or cutting through their cocoons, is a sign of reverses and trying times.
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Examples
- There was a great trade in silk with remote China, for the mulberry tree and the silkworm had not yet begun to move west. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some silkworms' houses, made of the same materials, are scattered over the desks. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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