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Meanings of silkworm in английском

каталонский
cuc de seda

Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.

        cuc de seda
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        Usage of silkworm in английском
        1
        The honey-beemust be ranked next to the silkworm in economical importance.
        The Earth as Modified by Human Action
        2
        The silkworm, when ready to make its cocoon, seeks a suitable support.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
        3
        Yellow silk of some wild silkworm was the sewing material used.
        The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
        4
        The cultivation of the silkworm mulberry will probably die out before very long.
        Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland
        5
        She had a face like a silkworm, and the dining-room reeks of orris-root.
        Howards End
        6
        The silkworm-rearers are now taught to breed from healthy moths only.
        The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
        7
        In 2011, Fraser and his colleagues engineered a silkworm that spun spider silk.
        Wired
        8
        Whistler's butterfly was the moth of the silkworm borrowed from Hokusai.
        Whistler Stories
        9
        That's what the silkworm does-onlyit does it several times over.
        The Story of Silk
        10
        Examine any other earthly object, like a silkworm, bee or other small creature.
        Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
        11
        These results suggested that improvement may have affected the nervous system of the silkworm.
        Pubmed
        12
        The labor of silkworm rearing all comes in one month.
        Three Acres and Liberty
        13
        The leadership resorted to lotteries, searching for gold, and silkworm production to increase profits.
        Wired
        14
        The buffalo also and the silkworm belong only to modern, not to ancient Italy.
        The History of Rome, Book III / From the Union of Italy to the S...
        15
        In more than one way, a silkworm is a sophisticated multi-material, multi-axis 3-D printer.
        Wired
        16
        From its chrysalis state, the silkworm but becomes a moth, that very quickly expires.
        Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
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