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
English: silkworm
silkwormEnglish
silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm
Noun
Larva of a saturniid moth, spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
English: silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm