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tus⋅sor
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–noun
tussah.
tus⋅sah
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–noun
1.
a tan silk from India.
Compare
Shantung
(
def. 3
)
.
2.
the silkworm of an oriental moth of the genus
Antheraea,
as
A. mylitta,
that produces this silk.
Also,
tusseh,
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tussor
,
tussore
,
tussur.
Also called
wild silk.
Origin:
1580–90;
earlier
tusser
< Hindi
tasar
shuttle < Skt
tasara, trasara
kind of silkworm
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