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DOUPION COCOON [1 record]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Farm Animals
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

if the silkworms were overcrowded during the time of spinning, 2 or more may have spun a common cocoon, which is impossible to put through the usual reeling processes [ such cocoons, [are] called -- (...) [Also --]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soieries
  • Animaux de ferme
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

doupion. Soie grège très grosse et irrégulière, fournie par le dévidage des --, c'est-à-dire filés par 2 vers pour un seul et même cocon.

Spanish

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