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bombycine
Of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton.
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bombycine: silkworms
1. Of the nature of silkworms.
2. Bombycidae is a family of broad robust moths (lepidoptera) from Asia that comprises about 100 species, including the domesticated silkworm that no longer exists in the wild; commercial silk is derived from the pupal cocoon.
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