The corpus record

βομβύκιον

bombukion · τό

mason-bee, Chalicodoma muraria

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What it meant

βομβύκιον · bombykion — LSJ

mason-bee, Chalicodoma muraria

species of mason-bee, Chalicodoma muraria, Arist. HA 555a13 (v.l. βομβυκοειδῶν).

2 small buzzing insect

small buzzing insect, Sch. Ar. Nu. 158.

II cocoon of silk-worm

cocoon of silk-worm, Arist. HA 551b14.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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