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English and French Translation Search Results for silkworm

Summary

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silkworm:
- ver à soie; bombyx
Wiktionary:
- silkworm → ver à soie
- silkworm → ver à soie, bombyx du mûrier

English

Detailed Translations for silkworm from English to French

silkworm:

silkworm [the ~] noun

the silkworm
le ver à soie; le bombyx
- ver à soie [le ~] noun
- bombyx [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for silkworm:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bombyx	silkworm
ver à soie	silkworm
-	giant silkworm; wild wilkworm

Related Words for "silkworm":

silkworms

Synonyms for "silkworm":

caterpillar
giant silkworm; wild wilkworm

Related Definitions for "silkworm":

the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk¹
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon¹

Wiktionary Translations for silkworm:

silkworm

noun

caterpillar
- silkworm → ver à soie

silkworm

noun

chenille du bombyx du mûrier qui sécréter la soie, lorsqu’elle se former en chrysalide.
- ver à soie → silkworm

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• silkworm	→ ver à soie; bombyx du mûrier	↔ zijderups — de larve van de zijdevlinder

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University