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silkworm

English

Etymology

From Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silk +? worm.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s?lkw??m/

Noun

silkworm (plural silkworms)

  1. Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

Related terms

  • bombic
  • bombycine

Translations

silkworm From the web:

  • what silkworms eat
  • what silkworm give us
  • what silkworm produce
  • what silkworm taste like
  • what silkworms eat leaves
  • what silkworm moth
  • what silkworm called
  • what silkworm in tagalog

inchworm

English

Etymology

inch +? worm. So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare measuring worm.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??nt?.w??m/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??nt?.w?m/

Noun

inchworm (plural inchworms)

  1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.

Verb

inchworm (third-person singular simple present inchworms, present participle inchworming, simple past and past participle inchwormed)

  1. To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
  2. To crawl or creep slowly.

Synonyms

  • (larva): geometrid, looper, measuring worm, spanworm

Translations

inchworm From the web:

  • what inchworms eat
  • what inchworm means
  • inchworm what do they eat
  • inchworms what are they
  • what do inchworms eat
  • what do inchworms turn into
  • what are inchworms exercise
  • what does inchworm exercise do
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