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蚕: silkworm (Bombyx mori)
蚕 kaiko
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
Animals & plants
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Example sentences
絹は、蚕という虫が作る繭から取った糸で織る、なめらかな布です。
Silk is a smooth cloth woven from thread taken from the cocoons made by insects called silkworms.
From the lesson 服と織物