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词汇 silkworm
释义 silkworm
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsɪlk.wɜːm/ us /ˈsɪlk.wɝːm/
a type of caterpillar (= a form of young insect that is small, long, and has many legs) that produces threads of silk from which it makes a cocoon (= a covering for its body)蚕
 
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silkworm | American Dictionary


silkworm
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsɪlkˌwɜrm/
a caterpillar that produces threads which are used to make silk

Examples of silkworm


silkworm
It mimics spiders and silkworms and has been developed to spin synthetic silks.
Genetics of the silkworm : revisiting an ancient model system.
A second-generation integrated map of the silkworm reveals synteny and conserved gene order between lepidopteran insects.
In contrast, mulberry leaves, used for feeding silkworms, belonged to the landlord.
It was around this time that the village experienced the development of sericultural industry (silkworm-breeding) and the building of canals.
Production of silkworm cocoons was also running at less than half the 1933 level.
It seems amazing that the silkworm has established a crisis management system in spermatogenesis by adopting such a simple mechanism as peristaltic squeezing.
However, no such marker gene has been cloned in the silkworm.
Spermatogenesis of the silkworm and its bearing on radiation induced sterility.
This would be a powerful tool to study the mechanism of regulation of silkworm genes or to produce new races with specific characters, such as disease or high temperature resistance.
Therefore, silkworms may have a monitoring system to detect the damage, and may prepare subsequent pathways to disturb the formation of a normal acrosome tubule-basal body assembly.
Only this week we have heard of the silkworms being affected by radio-activity, and also the trees upon which they live.
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The second related to aid for silkworm breeding.
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Aid to the breeding of silkworms is something that we have mercifully passed by at this stage.
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There are also the silkworms.
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