SILKWORM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth
   • source of most commercial silk
   Hypernyms(s) silkworm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • caterpillar (what does caterpillar mean?)
2. Meaning
   • larva of a saturniid moth
   • spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
   Synonym(s)
   • giant silkworm (what does giant silkworm mean?)
   • wild wilkworm (what does wild wilkworm mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) silkworm is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • caterpillar (what does caterpillar mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ailanthus silkworm (what does ailanthus silkworm mean?)
   • Samia cynthia (what does Samia cynthia mean?)