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GENUS BOMBYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bombyx mean? 

GENUS BOMBYX (noun)
  The noun GENUS BOMBYX has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm mothplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS BOMBYX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BOMBYX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombyx; genus Bombyx

Hypernyms ("genus Bombyx" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bombyx"):

Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth; domesticated silkworm moth (stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce)

silkworm (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)

Holonyms ("genus Bombyx" is a member of...):

Bombycidae; family Bombycidae (Chinese silkworm moth)


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