silkworm

silkworm is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
2. noun. the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
3. noun. larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

Common word forms

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