domesticated silkworm moth

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1.domesticated silkworm moth - stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerceBombyx mori, domestic silkworm mothbombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth - moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silkBombyx, genus Bombyx - type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth