silkmoth
silkmoth noun: any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).
Noun
silkmoth (plural silkmoths)
- Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).
silkmoth meaning in Malayalam
silkmoth in Malayalam
- silkmoth; the moth Bombyx mori, the larvae of which produce cocoons that yield silk
- പട്ടുനൂൽശലഭം paṭṭunūlśalabhaṁ
Forms of silkmoth
| plural | silkmoths |
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Origin of silkmoth
From silk + moth.
Words formed from silkmoth
- ailanthus silkmoth
- Assam silkmoth
- calleta silkmoth
- ceanothus silkmoth
- cecrops eyed silkmoth
- Chinese oak silkmoth
- Columbia silkmoth
- cricula silkmoth
- domestic silkmoth
- eri silkmoth
- Forbes' silkmoth
- ghostly silkmoth
- Glover's silkmoth
- greasewood silkmoth
- iris eyed silkmoth
- Japanese oak silkmoth
- Japanese silkmoth
- Jonasi silkmoth
- larch silkmoth
- Louisiana silkmoth
- mulberry silkmoth
- Patagonia eyed silkmoth
- promethea silkmoth
- Siberian silkmoth
- spicebush silkmoth
- Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth
- sweetbay silkmoth
- tuliptree silkmoth
- wild silkmoth
- zephyr eyed silkmoth
Questions about silkmoth
- What does silkmoth mean?
- Silkmoth means any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).
- What is silkmoth in Malayalam?
- Silkmoth in Malayalam is പട്ടുനൂൽശലഭം (paṭṭunūlśalabhaṁ). See Silkmoth meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is silkmoth?
- Silkmoth is a noun.
- What is the plural of silkmoth?
- The plural of silkmoth is silkmoths.
Words near silkmoth in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: silkmoth (page history and authors); പട്ടുനൂൽശലഭം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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