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a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae fibers from silkworm cocoons provide threads for knitting
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| silkworm |
hairless white caterpillar of the Asian silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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| silkworm moth |
giant silkworm moth: any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae bombycid: moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
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| silken crepitus |
a sensation as of two pieces of silk rubbed between the fingers, felt on moving a joint affected with hydrarthrosis.
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| silk |
Silk (< OE sioloc probably < L. SERICVS / Gr. σηρικóς ("silken") < L. SERES / Gr. Σηρες ("Chinese") or alternatively < Ch. 丝 or 絲 (pronounced "sī") meaning "silk", the pictogram representing two strands of silk.)is a natural protein fiber that can be woven into textiles. It is obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm larva, in the process known as sericulture, which kills the larvae. ...
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