Associations to the word «Silkworm»

Wiktionary

SILKWORM, noun. Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

Dictionary definition

SILKWORM, noun. 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.
SILKWORM, noun. Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca