DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
silkworm
/'sɪlk,wɜrm/ · sɪlkwɜrm
Silkworm has 2 syllables: silk · worm.
silk
01
worm
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noun. Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.
noun. The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk.
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