See silkmoth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "silk",
"3": "moth"
},
"expansion": "silk + moth",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From silk + moth.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "silkmoths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "silkmoth (plural silkmoths)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Moths",
"orig": "en:Moths",
"parents": [
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Saturniid moths",
"orig": "en:Saturniid moths",
"parents": [
"Moths",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"taxonomic": "Samia cynthia",
"word": "ailanthus silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea assamiensis, syn. Antheraeopsis assamensis",
"word": "Assam silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eupackardia calleta",
"word": "calleta silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora euryalus",
"word": "ceanothus silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris cecrops",
"word": "cecrops eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea pernyi",
"word": "Chinese oak silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora columbia",
"word": "Columbia silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cricula trifenestrate",
"word": "cricula silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mori",
"word": "domestic silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Samia cynthia ricini",
"word": "eri silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rothschildia forbesi",
"word": "Forbes' silkmoth"
},
{
"english": "Ceranchia",
"word": "ghostly silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora gloveri",
"word": "Glover's silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Agapema anona",
"word": "greasewood silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris iris",
"word": "iris eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea yamamai",
"word": "Japanese oak silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea yamamai",
"word": "Japanese silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Caligula jonasi",
"word": "Jonasi silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora columbia",
"word": "larch silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris louisiana",
"word": "Louisiana silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mori",
"word": "mulberry silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris patagoniensis",
"word": "Patagonia eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia promethea",
"word": "promethea silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dendrolimus sibiricus",
"word": "Siberian silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia promethea",
"word": "spicebush silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cricula ceylonica",
"word": "Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia securifera",
"word": "sweetbay silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia angulifera",
"word": "tuliptree silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mandarina",
"word": "wild silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris zephyria",
"word": "zephyr eyed silkmoth"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae)."
],
"id": "en-silkmoth-en-noun-h2~O55sN",
"links": [
[
"moth",
"moth"
],
[
"caterpillar",
"caterpillar"
],
[
"silkworm",
"silkworm"
],
[
"Bombyx mori",
"Bombyx mori#Translingual"
],
[
"familes",
"family"
],
[
"Bombycidae",
"Bombycidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Saturniidae",
"Saturniidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Lasiocampidae",
"Lasiocampidae#Translingual"
]
]
}
],
"word": "silkmoth"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"taxonomic": "Samia cynthia",
"word": "ailanthus silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea assamiensis, syn. Antheraeopsis assamensis",
"word": "Assam silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eupackardia calleta",
"word": "calleta silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora euryalus",
"word": "ceanothus silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris cecrops",
"word": "cecrops eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea pernyi",
"word": "Chinese oak silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora columbia",
"word": "Columbia silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cricula trifenestrate",
"word": "cricula silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mori",
"word": "domestic silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Samia cynthia ricini",
"word": "eri silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Rothschildia forbesi",
"word": "Forbes' silkmoth"
},
{
"english": "Ceranchia",
"word": "ghostly silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora gloveri",
"word": "Glover's silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Agapema anona",
"word": "greasewood silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris iris",
"word": "iris eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea yamamai",
"word": "Japanese oak silkmoth"
},
{
"alt": "Antherea yamamai",
"word": "Japanese silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Caligula jonasi",
"word": "Jonasi silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora columbia",
"word": "larch silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris louisiana",
"word": "Louisiana silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mori",
"word": "mulberry silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris patagoniensis",
"word": "Patagonia eyed silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia promethea",
"word": "promethea silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Dendrolimus sibiricus",
"word": "Siberian silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia promethea",
"word": "spicebush silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Cricula ceylonica",
"word": "Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia securifera",
"word": "sweetbay silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Callosamia angulifera",
"word": "tuliptree silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bombyx mandarina",
"word": "wild silkmoth"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Automeris zephyria",
"word": "zephyr eyed silkmoth"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "silk",
"3": "moth"
},
"expansion": "silk + moth",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From silk + moth.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "silkmoths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "silkmoth (plural silkmoths)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Moths",
"en:Saturniid moths"
],
"glosses": [
"Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae)."
],
"links": [
[
"moth",
"moth"
],
[
"caterpillar",
"caterpillar"
],
[
"silkworm",
"silkworm"
],
[
"Bombyx mori",
"Bombyx mori#Translingual"
],
[
"familes",
"family"
],
[
"Bombycidae",
"Bombycidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Saturniidae",
"Saturniidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Lasiocampidae",
"Lasiocampidae#Translingual"
]
]
}
],
"word": "silkmoth"
}
Download raw JSONL data for silkmoth meaning in English (3.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.