| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bombycid |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bom·by·cid |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b m b -s d |
| NOUN: | A moth of the family Bombycidae, which includes the silkworms. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Bomb cidae, family name, from Latin bomb x, bomb c-, silkworm. See bombazine.
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