TERMINE PREFERITO
Coccoon
DEFINIZIONE
- n. From the French "cocon", later "coucon", derived from "cocque" that means shell. It refers to the envelope or case of silky threads, but also transferred to similar structures made by other animals, as a covering to enclose them in the chrysalis state.
CONCETTO PIÙ GENERALE
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN ALTRE LINGUE
Bourgeon
francese
Bocciolo
italiano
Capullo (motivo)
spagnolo
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/780
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