cocoon
noun/kəˈkuːn/
/kəˈkuːn/
- a cover or case of silk threads that some insects, especially moths, make to protect themselves before they become adultsTopics Insects, worms, etc.c2
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- a layer of something soft that wraps all around a person or thing and forms a protection
- (figurative) the cocoon of a caring family
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French cocon, from medieval Provençal coucoun ‘eggshell, cocoon’, diminutive of coca ‘shell’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
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