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cocoonery U.S.|kəˈkuːnərɪ|
[f. cocoon n.1 + -ery.]
A building or room for rearing silkworms and obtaining cocoons.
1839S. Lit. Messenger V. 753/1 She..even went to the expense of having a neat little cocoonery erected in the centre of the lot. 1848Rep. U.S. Comm. Patents 1847 178 Moisture in the cocooneries increases the chance of infection. 1868Daily News 3 Aug., In Nevada..a cocoonery 50 feet square and 18 feet high. 1885Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 7 Sept. 2/4 A cocoonery that will protect a million worms. |