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tussock |
tussock bellflower |
tussock caterpillar |
tussock moth |
tussocky |
tussore
| tussuck
| tussur
| tut
| tut-mouthed
| tut-nose
tussore
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tussore has 1 sense
- tussore(n = noun.animal) antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur - oriental moth that produces brownish silk; Array is a kind of saturniid, saturniid moth
is a member of antheraea, genus antheraea
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tussore, n. (also tusser, US tussah)
1 an Indian or Chinese silkworm, Anthereae mylitta, yielding strong but coarse brown silk.
2 (in full tussore-silk) silk from this and some other silkworms.
1 an Indian or Chinese silkworm, Anthereae mylitta, yielding strong but coarse brown silk.
2 (in full tussore-silk) silk from this and some other silkworms.
Etymology
Urdu f. Hindi tasar f. Skr. tasara shuttle
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