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Meanings of silkworm in English
Catalan
cuc de seda Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.
Usage of silkworm in English
1
The honey-beemust be ranked next to the silkworm in economical importance.
2
The silkworm, when ready to make its cocoon, seeks a suitable support.
3
Yellow silk of some wild silkworm was the sewing material used.
4
The cultivation of the silkworm mulberry will probably die out before very long.
5
She had a face like a silkworm, and the dining-room reeks of orris-root.
6
The silkworm-rearers are now taught to breed from healthy moths only.
7
In 2011, Fraser and his colleagues engineered a silkworm that spun spider silk.
8
Whistler's butterfly was the moth of the silkworm borrowed from Hokusai.
9
That's what the silkworm does-onlyit does it several times over.
10
Examine any other earthly object, like a silkworm, bee or other small creature.
11
These results suggested that improvement may have affected the nervous system of the silkworm.
12
The labor of silkworm rearing all comes in one month.
13
The leadership resorted to lotteries, searching for gold, and silkworm production to increase profits.
14
The buffalo also and the silkworm belong only to modern, not to ancient Italy.
15
In more than one way, a silkworm is a sophisticated multi-material, multi-axis 3-D printer.
16
From its chrysalis state, the silkworm but becomes a moth, that very quickly expires.
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