FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bombycidae mean? 

• FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Chinese silkworm moth

  Familiarity information: FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese silkworm moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombycidae; family Bombycidae

Hypernyms ("family Bombycidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Bombycidae"):

bombycid; bombycid moth; silkworm moth (moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk)

Bombyx; genus Bombyx (type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth)

Holonyms ("family Bombycidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)