Translingual

Bombyx mori

Proper noun

Bombyx m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bombycidae – silkworms.

English

Instars of Silkmoths

Noun

bombyx ‎(plural bombyxes)

1. Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.

See also

• bombyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bombyx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βόμβυξ ‎(bómbux); see Middle Persian pmbk' for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.byks/, [ˈbɔm.bʏks]

Noun

bombyx f ‎(genitive bombycis); third declension

1. silkworm

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: bombyx
• Translingual: Bombyx

References

• bombyx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bombyx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bombyx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• bombyx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers