Bombyx
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bombyx is a noun meaning Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.
Meaning
Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.
Example Sentences
Most mammifera exhale, in the rutting season, peculiar emanations serving to annouce to the male the presence of the female, and excite in him the sexual desire. This situation is true also in the case of insects, for example, in the female of the bombyx butterfly[.]
Word Forms
- bombyxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include silkmoth, bombycid, silkworm, bombycoid, bombykol, budworm.
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