Type genus of the Bombycidae Chinese silkworm moth

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bombyx is the genus of true silkmoths or mulberry silkmoths of the family Bombycidae . For a few thousand years, people only recognised two species, but then several other less important species were discovered, and the genus contains two tested hybrid ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bombyx \Bom"byx\ (b[o^]m"b[i^]ks), n. [L., silkworm. See Bombazine .] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm . [1913 Webster] ||

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the genus ''Bombyx'' of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberry.