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Tussah
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1. antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur
oriental moth that produces brownish silk
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Tussah
see synonyms of tussah noun
1.
an Asiatic silkworm (Antheraea paphia) that feeds on oak leaves and produces coarse, brownish silk filaments
2.
a.
this silk
: in full tussah silkb.
a fabric made from this
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Tussah
see synonyms of tussahn.
1. An Asian silkworm, the larva of a large saturniid moth (Antheraea paphia), that produces a coarse brownish or yellowish silk.
2. The silk produced by this worm or a fabric woven from it.
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