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A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.

A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure.

The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut. See CÆcum, n. (b).

the genus Symphoricarpus (S. vulgaris), bearing small red berries. -- Indian dye, the puccoon. -- Indian fig. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See Banyan. (b) The prickly pear. -- Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially…

The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson.

trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear.

Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

The raccoon.

rdened mud and sand. -- Mason moth (Zoöl.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil. -- Mason shell (Zoöl.), a marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. -- Mason wasp (Zoöl.), any wasp that constru…

The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon. [Obs.]

A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

thea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.

provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867. [Written variously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]

The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvæ of Bombyx mori.

pecies of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.

e pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax…