Word Meanings - COCOON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An oblong case in which the silkworn lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared. The case constructed by any insect to contain

Additional info about word: COCOON

1. An oblong case in which the silkworn lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared. The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.

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• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• INSECTATOR
  A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. Bailey.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• FORMICARY
  The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
• FORMULIZE
  To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson.
• CONSTRUCT
  together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See 1. To put together the constituent parts of in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edlifice. 2. To devise; to invent; to set in order;
• LEAVED
  Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• OBLONGLY
  In an oblong form.
• FORMICAROID
  Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.
• FORMIDABLY
  In a formidable manner.
• PREPARATIVELY
  By way of preparation.
• FORMICATE
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• OMNIFORMITY
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• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• DIVERSIFORM
  Of a different form; of varied forms.
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  To leave or to be left. May.
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