silkworms in English

noun
1
the commercially bred caterpillar of the domesticated silkworm moth ( Bombyx mori ), which spins a silk cocoon that is processed to yield silk fiber.
The domesticated silkworm is one of a few lepidopteran species that have been used for genetic analysis.

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1. Silkworms are the larva of the mulberry silk moth.

2. Silkworms are fed mulberry leaves after they have hatched.

3. And over two to three weeks, 6,500 silkworms spin 6,500 kilometers.

4. They increased their income by raising silkworms and so on.

5. 23 Silkworms are the larva of the mulberry silk moth.

6. Such silkworms have previously been created using an existing Ameiotic parthenogenetic strain

7. I gathered the silk from my silkworms and I spun it into thread on my spinning wheel.

8. Silkworms and livestock are also raised, and fishing also contributes to the local economy.

9. When I was a boy, we had trays of silkworms piled high in every available space.

10. Silkworms are often boiled to death inside their cocoons, their silk unraveled and used in the textile industry.

11. Every day she raised silkworms and wove silk, so the islands has been called Bà Lụa ever since.

12. Cocoon definition, the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many kinds of insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering for the insect during its stage as a pupa

13. Crickets are usually the mainstay of the diet but mealworms, super worms, waxworms (all in limited quantities), roaches, silkworms, flies, fruit flies (for young Chameleons), and grasshoppers can also be fed

14. Examples of Colophony in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web The chains look metallic but are made of polyurethane Colophony (rosin) and iron powder, and the threads are silk — spun by silkworms that the artist guided to do his bidding