Tussah

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also
     {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind.
     tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.]
     An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Antheraea mylitta}),
     that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tussah
       n : oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: {tusseh}, {tussur},
            {tussore}, {tusser}, {Antheraea mylitta}]