sviloprejka
1. sviloprejka
stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce [Zalogasta azijska gosenica, ki jo človek goji, večinoma zaradi svile, ter kasneje postane sviloprejka. Barva odrasle žuželke je kremasto bela.]
2. sviloprejka
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon [ličinka saturnide; s tvorbo kokona izloči veliko količino močne svile]
3. sviloprejka
the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk [komercialno gojena brezdlaka bela gosenica domačega molja sviloprejca, ki izdela kokon, ki ga lahko obdelamo za pridobitev svilnatega vlakna; glavni vir komercialne svile]
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