Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sericterium | Yes | No | No | No |
silkworm | Yes | No | No | No |
sericterium (noun) | silkworm (noun) |
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silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders | 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 |
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon |