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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| bombycid |
| SYLLABICATION: | bom·by·cid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b m b -sd |
| NOUN: | A moth of the family Bombycidae, which includes the silkworms. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Bomb cidae, family name, from Latin bombx, bombc-, silkworm. See bombazine.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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