Cocoon Definition

kə-ko͝on
cocooned, cocooning, cocoons
noun
The silky or fibrous case which the larvae of certain insects spin about themselves for shelter during the pupa stage.
Webster's New World
Any protective cover like this, as the egg capsule of certain spiders, leeches, etc.
Webster's New World
Any cover used to waterproof or protect something, esp. military equipment for transport or storage.
Webster's New World
Something that envelops, protects, or isolates.
American Heritage

The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects and moths in which they metamorphose, the pupa.

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verb

To envelop in a protective case, or to withdraw into such a case.

Wiktionary
To enclose protectively, as in a cocoon.
Webster's New World
To wrap in a blanket or other covering.
American Heritage
To isolate (oneself)
Webster's New World
To cause to be isolated or protected from harsh, dangerous, or disturbing realities; insulate.
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Other Word Forms of Cocoon

Noun

Singular:
cocoon
Plural:
cocoons

Origin of Cocoon

  • French cocon from Provençal coucoun diminutive of coco shell from Late Latin coccum from Latin berry, oak gall from Greek kokkos seed, berry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).

    From Wiktionary

Cocoon Sentence Examples

  • Eggs deposited in a cocoon after copulation.

  • It was a strange feeling to realize she had been in a cocoon for weeks.

  • Before the introduction of machinery applicable to the spinning of silk waste, the refuse from cocoon reeling, and also from silk winding, which is now used in producing spun silk fabrics, hosiery, &c., was nearly all destroyed as being useless, with the exception of that which could be hand-combed and spun by means of the distaff and spinning wheel, a method which is still practised by some of the peasantry in India and other Eastern countries.

  • As a rule terrestrial spiders guard the cocoon in the permanent burrow, as in the trap-door spiders, or in the silken retreat which acts as a temporary nursery, as in the Salticidae.

  • The thread so ejected forms the silk of commerce, which as wound in the cocoon consists of filaments seriposited from two separate glands (discovered by an Italian naturalist named Filippi) containing a glutinous or resinous secretion which serves a double purpose, viz.

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Words Starting With

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