Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tusser"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also
{tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind.
tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.]
An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[ae]a
mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other
plants.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tusser
n : oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: {tussah}, {tusseh},
{tussur}, {tussore}, {Antheraea mylitta}]
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