silkmoths

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A form of silkmoth — Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of silkmoth
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