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tussah |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[ae]a mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tussah n : oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: {tusseh}, {tussur}, {tussore}, {tusser}, {Antheraea mylitta}]
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