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silkworm

noun 8 letters Scrabble 17 WWF 19
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noun

larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

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

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