Bombyx

noun

1. [lowercase] A wind-instrument of the ancient Greeks, probably sounded by a reed mouthpiece: so called from its shape.
2. A Linnean genus of lepidopterous insects, now the type of the family Bombycidæ.
3. In conchology, a genus of pulmonate gastropods.
4. A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See silkworm.
5. Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.