silkworm eggs

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• silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms. [1805 15] * * * Any moth in the genus Bombyx (family Bombycidae). The Chinese silkworm (B. mori) has been used in commercial silk production for… …   Universalium

• silkworm seed — noun eggs of a silkworm • Hypernyms: ↑egg * * * noun : the eggs of the silkworm …   Useful english dictionary

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• Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… …   Wikipedia

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• Louis Pasteur — (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895), a French chemist and microbiologist, is best known for remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of disease. His experiments supported the germ theory, also reducing mortality from (child bed… …   Wikipedia

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• China —    China was known to Byzantium (q.v.) through ambassadors from the Turks (q.v.) of central Asia. It was presumably from them that in the early seventh century the historian Theophylaktos Simokattes (q.v.) obtained detailed information about… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Silk —    Silk production was a privatized state industry, centered in Constantinople (q.v.) and also, from the 11th century, in Athens, Corinth, Thebes, and Thessalonike (qq.v.). Justinian I (q.v.) established the industry by first smuggling silkworm… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium