the use of the silkworm is for making silk
The silkworm in a cocoon is thrown into boiling water to kill the silkworm. The silk is then untangled and processed into a stronger silk thread. If the silkworm is allowed to mature in the cocoon, it will make a hole (damaging the silk) as it emerges from the cocoon.
Silkworm
A silkworm comes out of the silk cocoon as a moth, if its life is allowed to complete a full cycle.
Yes, silkworm (silk+worm) is a compound word.
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Silk is the material produced by the silk worm to make its cocoon. The silkworm that makes the best quantity of silk is the mulberry silkworm. Shortly before the silkworm is going to eat its way through the silk of the cocoon, the worm is killed by humans so the cocoon can be unraveled into a single thread.
No. Silk is a natural product exuded from a silkworm as a cocoon.
Silk worms have several benefits for man. One benefit to man is that silk worm extract is used in many medicinal benefits.
It comes out as a adult silkworm if it is lucky or,it will eventually die.This depends.
Silkworms make silk, of course! A great book about silkworms is "Project Mulberry"...
Silk ofcourse.