"silkworms" in the noun sense
1. silkworm
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
2. silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm
larva of a saturniid moth spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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