Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun silkworm

2 senses of silkworm

Sense 1
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 silk)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm -- (larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)