Noun has 2 senses

• silkworm(n = noun.animal) - 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 silk;




• silkworm(n = noun.animal) giant silkworm, wild wilkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon;