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tus·sore (t

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Variant of tussah.

tussore [tʊˈsɔː ˈtʌsə], tusser [ˈtʌsə] chiefly US, tussah [ˈtʌsə]

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric woven from this silk

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the silkworm producing this silk

[from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm]

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tussore - oriental moth that produces brownish silk

Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussur

saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons

Antheraea, genus Antheraea - large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality

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