how to pronounce silkworm

/ˈsɪlk.wɜːm/

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silkworm is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of silkworm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… they are silkworm silkworm hopefully are …”

meanings of silkworm

noun:

Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

silkworm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word silkworm occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics silkworm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that silkworm can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;