silk
1. a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae (Freq. 6) • Derivationally related forms: silky • Hypernyms: fabric, cloth, material, textile • Hyponyms: sarcenet, sarsenet 2. animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: animal fiber, animal fibre
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