noun
oriental moth that produces brownish silk
• Syn: ↑tussah, ↑tusseh, ↑tussore, ↑tusser, ↑Antheraea mylitta
• Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Antheraea, ↑genus Antheraea
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variant of tussah
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/tus"euhr/, n.
tussah.
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tussore, tussursee tusser.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.