bombycid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bombycid
    n 1: moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry
         leaves and produce silk [syn: {bombycid}, {bombycid moth},
         {silkworm moth}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bombycid \Bom*by"cid\, a. (Zool.)
   Like or pertaining to the genus {Bombyx}, or the family
   {Bombycid[ae]}.
   [1913 Webster]

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