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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
co·coon
[
k
uh
-
koon
]
/
kəˈkun
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
cocoon
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry:
cocoon
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
The dying star itself is still hidden by a dusty
cocoon
.
In other words, scientists are slowly starting to get out of the
cocoon
.
With the spring's warmth it will wake up and pupate, spinning a
cocoon
out of its fuzz fortified with a few squirts of silk.
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The dying star itself is still hidden by a dusty
cocoon
.
In other words, scientists are slowly starting to get out of the
cocoon
.
With the spring's warmth it will wake up and pupate, spinning a
cocoon
out of its fuzz fortified with a few squirts of silk.
The caterpillar is driven to be a feeding machine, and once gorged on its food, it spins a
cocoon
or chrysalis.
Next, you slide the computer from its messenger-bag-shaped
cocoon
.
These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a
cocoon
with hundreds of eggs.
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Main Entry:
cocoon
Part of Speech:
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