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Definition of Tusseh
1. Noun. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
Generic synonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth
Group relationships: Antheraea, Genus Antheraea
Definition of Tusseh
1. tussah [n -S] - See also: tussah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tusseh
Literary usage of Tusseh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1804)
"Account of the tusseh and ... where the silk (which the same people call tusseh)
is manufactured. A native of Bengal, Bahar, Assam, &c. ..."
2. The Natural History of Insects by James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood (1835)
"tusseh Silkworm, its Metamorphoses, its Flight, Manner of winding the Silk ...
The first is termed the tusseh silkworm, ..."
3. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"... of the tusseh silk-worm.) THE next Authors, who make mention of silk, are the
Latin poets of the Augustan age, Tibullus and Propertius, Virgil. ..."
4. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"The thread of the tusseh silk-worm is likewise valuable. The smaller moths are
extremely numerous; nearly two thousand species of them are enumerated as ..."
5. Nature and Art by Day & Son (1866)
"... or society of persons have performed remarkable services in thus contributing
to the welfare of their fellow-men. THE tusseh SILKWORM OF INDIA ..."
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