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silkworm

silk·worm

silkworm

 
pronunciation:
sIlk wuhrm
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: a caterpillar of a moth, originally from Asia. The caterpillar makes silk thread that it uses to spin its cocoon. People use the cocoons to make silk cloth.
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