Hyphenation of silkworm

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word silkworm? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

silk-worm

Definitions of silkworm:

1.	The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber The principal source of commercial silk
2.	Larva of a saturniid moth Spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

Synonyms of silkworm:

noun	caterpillar
noun	giant silkworm, wild wilkworm, caterpillar

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