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silkworm

/'silkwә:m/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 蚕

🧩 词形变化

复数 silkworms
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. 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. n. larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon