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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[u^]s"s[.a]), noun [Also {tussa}, {tussar}, {tusser}, {tussur}, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn ({Anther[ae]a mylitta}), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tusser
noun: oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: {tussah}, {tusseh}, {tussur}, {tussore}, {Antheraea mylitta}]
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