tus·sah (tsə, tsô) also tus·sore (tsôr, -ōr)
n.
► An Asian silkworm, the larva of a large saturniid moth (Antheraea paphia), that produces a coarse brownish or yellowish silk.
► The silk produced by this worm or a fabric woven from it.

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tussah
[Hindi tasar, from Sanskrit tasaram, shuttle (probably from the shape of its cocoon). See ten- in Indo-European Roots.]

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