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kookon

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ID 707054 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain Agriculture - Food Industry - Livestock Industry - Fisheries
  • an oval casing or sheel about one inch long of white, yellow or brown raw silk spun by the silkworm, as a protective covering
kookon
cocoon
Usage examples
  • Silkworm rearing shall be considered as succesfully completed where a minimum number of cocoons is produced from the boxes of eggs used; this minimum number has yet to be specified.
cocon
Kokon

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

kookon kookonid
kookoni kookonite
kookonit kookoneid

Etymology

laensõna
  • kookon 'tupp, munakoor'
    • Kokon 'kookon'
      • cocon 'kookon, tupp'
        • coucon 'kookon, munakoor' sõnast coco '[muna-, pähkli]koor; teokarp'

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