cocoon
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cocoon sing (pl.: cocoons)
- (zoologia) bozzolo
- the cocoon of the silkworm - il bozzolo del baco da seta
cocoon (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente cocoons, participio presente cocooning, passato semplice e participio passato cocooned)
- imbozzolare, avvolgere (in un rivestimento protettivo, anche in senso figurato)
- co | coon
IPA: /kəˈkuːn/
dal francese cocon, diminutivo di coque ovvero “guscio”
- Dictionary.com, lemma cocoon
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary