Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bombyx"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bombyx \Bom"byx\ (b[o^]m"b[i^]ks), n. [L., silkworm. See
{Bombazine}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See
{Silkworm}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Bombyx
n : type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth [syn: {Bombyx},
{genus Bombyx}]
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