por: bicho-da-seda

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Meaning
means	(noun) stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce Bombyx mori, domesticated silkworm moth, domestic silkworm moth
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means	(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 silkworm