silkworms
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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
- Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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| 1 | symptoms | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | cdroms | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | pseudonyms | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | sondheim's | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | st-james | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | stadium's | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | stadiums | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | st_james | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | syndromes | 2 | 0 |
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| 1 | sailors | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | storms | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | worms | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | sailor | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | swords | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | silos | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | swarms | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | silkworm | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | silks | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | silkwood | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | sikorsky | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | sikorski | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | sailors' | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | sailor's | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | lugworms | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | worm's | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | sikora | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | sheikdoms | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | kormos | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | kilograms | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
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Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
3,000 Animals Die for 1 Pound of Silk—Reasons Not to Rock It
Aug 22, 2018 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Aug 22, 2018 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Silkworm cultivation predating the Silk Road in southern Central Asia (2000 BCE)
Jul 23, 2026 Science | AAAS
Jul 23, 2026 Science | AAAS
Silkworms Fed Quantum Dots Shine Bright Under Ultraviolet Light, Produce Fluorescent Red Silk
Mar 8, 2022 Smithsonian Magazine
Mar 8, 2022 Smithsonian Magazine
Silkworms Spin Super-Silk after Eating Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene
Oct 9, 2016 Scientific American
Oct 9, 2016 Scientific American