bombyx

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noun

Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.

Origintranslingual Bombyx ← Latin bombyx ← Ancient Greek βόμβυξ →
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Meanings

nounbombyx (plural bombyxes)

plural bombyxes

  1. Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.

    Most mammifera exhale, in the rutting season, peculiar emanations serving to annouce to the male the presence of the female, and excite in him the sexual desire. This situation is true also in the case of insects, for example, in the female of the bombyx butterfly[.]

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 80

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβόμβυξ
  2. Latinbombyx
  3. translingualBombyx
  4. Englishbombyx

From translingual Bombyx, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). Compare bombast.

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APA

bombyx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombyx

MLA

“bombyx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombyx. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombyx,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombyx.

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