Silkworm

n.

1.

(Zool.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa. Pernyi silkworm the larva of the Pernyi moth. See Pernyi moth. Silkworm gut a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut. Silkworm rot a disease of silkworms; muscardine.

Noun	1.	silkworm - hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
	2.	silkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon Synonyms: giant silkworm, wild wilkworm

ailanthus silkworm, caterpillar, family Saturniidae, giant silkworm, Samia cynthia, Saturniidae, sericterium, serictery, silk gland, wild wilkworm