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A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
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An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.
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Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
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The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.
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The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
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Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
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A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.
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A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
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The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
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The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
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A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
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The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
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A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.
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A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
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The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.
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A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.
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An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.
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A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.
v. t.
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
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The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
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