bombylis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bombȳlis, is, f., = βομβυλίς,

the silkworm in its chrysalis state , Plin. 11, 22, 26, § 76.—Collat. form bombȳlĭus , ii, m., = βομβύλιος, Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 23, 77.