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Meanings of domesticated silkworm moth in English

Portuguese
bicho-da-seda
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Stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce.

        bicho-da-seda
        Synonyms
        Examples for "domestic silkworm moth"
        Examples for "domestic silkworm moth"
        1
        From the blood of Bombyx mori, fe.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        The common silk-moth ( Bombyx mori) was brought to Constantinople in the sixth century, whence it was carried into Italy, and in 1494 into France.
        The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
        Translations for domesticated silkworm moth