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‖ muga|ˈmuːgə|
Also mooga, munga, moonga.
[Assamese mugá.]
A wild silk (of Assam) obtained from the cocoons of the Saturnia assama; also the silkworm which produces this silk. Also attrib. or adj., as muga dhoties pl., muga silk, muga (silk) worm.
1833Capt. Jenkins in Geoghegan Parl. Rep. Silk in India (1874) 113 The fawn-coloured moonga silk. Ibid., The moonga worm. 1850Ogilvie, Muggadooties, in the East Indies, a sort of cloth manufactured from wild silk. 1881T. Wardle Wild Silks of India 55 The Moonga, Mooga, or Muga Silk. 1887J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 60/1 Next in promising qualities is the muga or moonga worm of Assam, Antheræa assama, a species to some extent domesticated in its native country. |