bombyxn.

/ˈbɒmbɪks/

Forms: Also Middle English bombax.

Etymology: < Latin bombyx (in medieval Latin bombax), < Greek βόμβυξ the silkworm, silk.

1. The silkworm.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm

worma900

silkwormc1000

bombyxa1398

spinner1598

Serian worm1633

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xviii. 1156 Bombax is a worme þat bredith in twigges and spray of cipres... Þis worme bombax weueth webbes as spiþers doþ.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bombyx is..a name given to the silk-worm.

1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 47.

†2. Raw silk. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > silk > raw silk

bombyxa1398

raw silkc1400

marabou1835

shute1839

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xciii. 781 Þere [sc. in Mauritania] growen wondir hiȝe treen..as it were with here, other with wolle, and þerof ben cloþes ymade by crafte, as it were bombax.

3. Entomology. A genus of moths, of which the most important is the silkworm moth ( Bombyx mori). Sometimes any moth of the sub-order Bombycina.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx

bombyx1847

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §710 The genus Bombyx is one of great interest and importance.

1857 J. Greene Pupa Digging 21 The collector in want of any particular tree-feeding Bombyx or Noctua.

†4. (See quot.) Obsolete.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > creature resembling

bombyx1658

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 930 The Bombyx..is a creature resembling the Wasp, of a black hue, having a sting like as the Wasp hath.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bombyx
释义	bombyxn. /ˈbɒmbɪks/ Forms: Also Middle English bombax. Etymology: < Latin bombyx (in medieval Latin bombax), < Greek βόμβυξ the silkworm, silk. 1. The silkworm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm worma900 silkwormc1000 bombyxa1398 spinner1598 Serian worm1633 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xviii. 1156 Bombax is a worme þat bredith in twigges and spray of cipres... Þis worme bombax weueth webbes as spiþers doþ. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Bombyx is..a name given to the silk-worm. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 47. †2. Raw silk. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > silk > raw silk bombyxa1398 raw silkc1400 marabou1835 shute1839 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xciii. 781 Þere [sc. in Mauritania] growen wondir hiȝe treen..as it were with here, other with wolle, and þerof ben cloþes ymade by crafte, as it were bombax. 3. Entomology. A genus of moths, of which the most important is the silkworm moth ( Bombyx mori). Sometimes any moth of the sub-order Bombycina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx bombyx1847 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §710 The genus Bombyx is one of great interest and importance. 1857 J. Greene Pupa Digging 21 The collector in want of any particular tree-feeding Bombyx or Noctua. †4. (See quot.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > creature resembling bombyx1658 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 930 The Bombyx..is a creature resembling the Wasp, of a black hue, having a sting like as the Wasp hath. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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