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silkworm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
silkworm/ˈsɪlkwɜːm/

▶noun a caterpillar of a domesticated silk moth, which spins a silk cocoon that is processed to yield silk fibre.

'silkworm' also found in these Oxford entries:

bombast - bombazine - filature - floss - silk gland - spin

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a spring silkworm cease spinning its cocoon

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