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Bombyx

Bom"byx\ (b[o^]m"b[i^]ks), n. [L., silkworm. See Bombazine.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bombyx

noun
type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth 
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