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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth;
[syn: Bombyx, genus Bombyx]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bombyx \Bom"byx\ (b[o^]m"b[i^]ks), n. [L., silkworm. See Bombazine.] (Zool.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bombyx n 1: type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth [syn: Bombyx, genus Bombyx]