Resembling or characteristic of silkworms or having qualities similar to silk moth species.
From Bombyx + Latin -cinous (a suffix forming adjectives), an alternative adjectival form describing similarity to bombycids or their characteristics.
The existence of multiple adjective forms (bombycine, bombycinous) for the same root shows how scientific language allows precise shading of meaning—one might describe something more or less bombycine depending on how strongly it resembles silkworms.
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