Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bombycid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bombycid \Bom*by"cid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family
{Bombycid[ae]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bombycid
n : moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry
leaves and produce silk [syn: {bombycid moth}, {silkworm
moth}]
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