Definitionn. the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
Last update: September 11, 2015
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We get silk from silkworm. [Please select]
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A large variety of materials have been used in their manufacture by different peoples at different times - painted linen and shavings of stained horn by the Egyptians, gold and silver by the Romans, rice-paper by the Chinese, silkworm cocoons in Italy, the plumage of highly coloured birds in South America, wax, small tinted shells, &c. At the beginning of the 8th century the French, who originally learnt the art from the Italians, made great advances in the accuracy of their reproductions, and towards the end of that century the Paris manufacturers enjoyed a world-wide reputation. [Please select]
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If you dream of a silkworm, you will engage in a very profitable work, which will also place you in a prominent position. [Please select]
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[Footnote 8: Silkworm: a kind of caterpillar which spins a fine, soft thread of which silk is made. [Please select]
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In Spain, Italy, and Persia, they prefer the leaves of the black for feeding the silkworm. [Please select]
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They are dark green and rough, and for feeding the silkworm quite useless where the white mulberry grows. [Please select]
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THE GODDESS OF THE SILKWORM Hoangti was the emperor of China. [Please select]
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