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what is different between wood pulp and silk worm

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Wood pulp is a cellulose fibre obtained from wood that is reduced chemically or mechanically to pulp and used in the manufacture of paper.
Silk worm is a larva or caterpillar of the moth whose cocoon is used to obtain silk fibres.

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