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silkworm
noun(silk-worm)
a moth whose larva spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon; especially : an Asian moth (Bombyx mori of the family Bombycidae) whose rough wrinkled hairless caterpillar produces the silk of commerce

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