'Bombycid' definitions:
Definition of 'bombycid'
(from WordNet)
noun
Moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk [syn: bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth]
Definition of 'Bombycid'
From: GCIDE
- Bombycid \Bom*by"cid\, a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycid[ae]. [1913 Webster]