Bombycidae
plural noun
Bom·byc·i·dae
bämˈbisəˌdē
: a family of chiefly Asian moderate-sized moths having larvae that feed on leaves and spin cocoons of commercially usable silk and including the domesticated silkworms (genus Bombyx) and a few related forms but formerly including many other moths
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin, from Bombyc-, Bombyx, bombyx + -idae -idae