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cocoons

  • plural
    of cocoon.
    cocoon
    noun
    the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many kinds of insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering for the insect during its stage as a pupa.
  • present tense form
    of cocoon (3rd person singular).
    cocoon
    noun
    the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many kinds of insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering for the insect during its stage as a pupa.

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It involves feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms, harvesting their cocoons and extracting the silk fibres.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Or the part where we emerge from our cocoons and ask each other, in mock-amazement, whether this is really who we are.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026

Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

Silk comforts and cocoons, so light it practically hovers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024

Of all these small burrowers, the voracious shrews find and consume the largest number of sawfly cocoons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson