silkworm
Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx…Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
» Silkworms spin cocoons.
Seidenraupen weben Kokons.
Шелкопряды плетут коконы.
Шовкопряди прядуть кокони.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
Seidenspinner, Seidenraupe
ту́товый шелкопря́дtútovyj šelkoprjád, шелкопря́дšelkoprjád
шовковичний шовкопрядšovkovyčnyj šovkoprjad, шовкопрядšovkoprjad
- 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
Examples
7 sentencesSilkworms spin cocoons.
Шовкопряди прядуть кокони.
ruШелкопряды плетут коконы.
deSeidenraupen weben Kokons.
The silkworm is spinning a thread.
ruШелкопряд плетёт нить.
deDie Seidenraupe spinnt einen Faden.
What the silkworm won't eat, the bug will.
These are the trees on whose leaves silkworms live.
deDas sind die Bäume, von deren Blättern die Seidenraupen leben.
These are the trees on the leaves of which silkworms live.
ruЭто деревья, на листьях которых живут гусеницы тутового шелкопряда.
deDas sind die Bäume, von deren Blättern die Seidenraupen leben.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silkFrom Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silk + worm.
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Forms
plural: silkwormsSynonyms
2 synonyms- larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon:giant silkwormwild wilkworm