家蚕

jiācán

the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)

春蚕

Chūncán

Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun [[茅盾<MáoDùn>]]

柘蚕

zhècán

silkworms fed on the leaves of the [[柘<zhè>]] tree

桑蚕

sāngcán

silkworm

沙蚕

shācán

genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

蚕蛹

cányǒng

silkworm chrysalis

蚕蛾

cáné

Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)

蚕蚁

cányǐ

newly hatched silkworm

蚕豆

cándòu

broad bean (Vicia faba)

蚕农

cánnóng

sericulture

蚕食

cánshí

to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves)

养蚕

yǎngcán

to raise silkworms

蚕丛

CánCóng

Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

蚕子

cánzǐ

silkworm eggs

蚕山

cánshān

silkworm nest (bundle of straw etc provided for silkworm to spin their cocoons)

蚕沙

cánshā

silkworm guano (excrement)

蚕眠

cánmián

hibernation period of silkworms

蚕种

cánzhǒng

silkworm eggs

蚕箔

cánbó

tray of straw for raising silkworms

蚕纸

cánzhǐ

paper on which silkworm lays its eggs