1. (loan) (noun) silk.

1. (loan) (location) Sri Lanka.

1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.

1. (loan) (noun) silkworm, Bombyx mori - a caterpillar which feeds on the leaves of the white mulberry and spins a cocoon of silk.