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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Articles with short description, Animal glandular products, Silk Road, Biomaterials
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silk  natural and artificial silk  American silk industry  China silk  crude silk
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A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae WordNet 3.0
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A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. Wikipedia
Natural fibre and a textile woven from it. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Fine, lustrous, natural fiber produced by the larvae of various silk moths, especially the species Bombyx mori Wikidata
One of the finest textiles, obtained from cocoons of certain species of caterpillars; it is soft, very strong and absorbent and has a brilliant sheen. OmegaWiki
A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers. Wiktionary