- tussore moth
- noun a silk moth that is sometimes kept in India and China, with caterpillars that yield a strong but coarse brown silk. [Antheraea mylitta.]
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tussore moth — … Useful english dictionary
tussore — [ tʌsɔ:, tʌsə] (also tussah) noun coarse silk from the larvae of the tussore moth and related species. Origin C16: from Hindi tasar, from Sanskrit tasara shuttle … English new terms dictionary
saturniid moth — noun large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons • Syn: ↑saturniid • Hypernyms: ↑moth • Hyponyms: ↑emperor, ↑emperor moth, ↑Saturnia pavonia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tussur — noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk • Syn: ↑tussah, ↑tusseh, ↑tussore, ↑tusser, ↑Antheraea mylitta • Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth … Useful english dictionary
Antheraea — noun large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality • Syn: ↑genus Antheraea • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Saturniidae, ↑family Saturniidae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Antheraea mylitta — noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk • Syn: ↑tussah, ↑tusseh, ↑tussur, ↑tussore, ↑tusser • Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth • … Useful english dictionary
genus Antheraea — noun large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality • Syn: ↑Antheraea • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Saturniidae, ↑family Saturniidae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
tusseh — noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk • Syn: ↑tussah, ↑tussur, ↑tussore, ↑tusser, ↑Antheraea mylitta • Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth … Useful english dictionary
tussah — /tus euh/, n. 1. a tan silk from India. Cf. Shantung (def. 3). 2. the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus Antheraea, as A. mylitta, that produces this silk. Also, tusseh, tusser /tus euhr/, tussor, tussore, tussur. Also called wild silk.… … Universalium
