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COCOON FILAMENT

Specialty Definition: COCOON FILAMENT

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Viscose substance produced by silkworn glands. It is extruded by two nozzles placed at the side of the insect's head. The filaments issued are joined together in the secretory tube and form a continuous filament. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: COCOON FILAMENT

Language Translations for "COCOON FILAMENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kokontraad (bave, filament). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cocondraadje (bave, filament). (various references)

   

French

  

filament, fil de cocon, brin, bave. (various references)

   

German

  

Kokonfaden (bave, filament), Filament (bave, filament), Bave (bave, filament). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νήμα (clew, clue, crewel, filament, strand, thread, yarn), ίνα κουκουλιού (bave, filament), ίνα (fiber, fibre). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sostanza viscosa emessa dalle glandole serigene del baco da seta.Viene estrusa da due filiere poste ai lati del capo dell'animale.Le bave emesse vengono unite nel tubo secretore e si saldano insieme dando luogo ad un filo continuo.Si chiama anche bava il (bave, filament), bava (dribble, slaver, slime). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocooncay ilamentfay

   

Portuguese

  

fio de casulo (bave, filament), filamento (barb, carbon, fiber, fibre, filament, thread), baba (dribble, drivel, foam, lather, mucus, saliva, slaver, slobber). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hilo del capullo (bave, filament), baba (raft, slaver, slime, slobber, spittle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: COCOON FILAMENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-f-i-l-m-n-n-o-o-o-t"

-4 letters: confection, conflation, economical.

-5 letters: cofinance, emotional, falconine, melanotic, melatonin, monocline, monotonic, nonatomic, noncoital, nonmotile, olfaction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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