0 a type of caterpillar (= a form of young insect that is small, long, and has many legs) that produces threads of silk from which it makes a cocoon (= a covering for its body)
1 a caterpillar that produces threads which are used to make silk
It mimics spiders and silkworms and has been developed to spin synthetic silks.
Genetics of the silkworm : revisiting an ancient model system.
A second-generation integrated map of the silkworm reveals synteny and conserved gene order between lepidopteran insects.
In contrast, mulberry leaves, used for feeding silkworms, belonged to the landlord.
It was around this time that the village experienced the development of sericultural industry (silkworm-breeding) and the building of canals.
Production of silkworm cocoons was also running at less than half the 1933 level.
It seems amazing that the silkworm has established a crisis management system in spermatogenesis by adopting such a simple mechanism as peristaltic squeezing.
However, no such marker gene has been cloned in the silkworm.
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