| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -tuss-, *tuss*, tus |
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| | tussah | (n) oriental moth that produces brownish silk, Syn. tussur, Antheraea mylitta, tusseh, tusser, tussore | | tussaud | (n) French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850), Syn. Madame Tussaud, Marie Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz | | tussilago | (n) genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites, Syn. genus Tussilago | | tussock bellflower | (n) European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers, Syn. Campanula carpatica, spreading bellflower | | tussock caterpillar | (n) larva of a tussock moth |
| | Tussac grass | Tussock grass. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tussah silk | [ Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara. ] (a) A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China. (b) The silk fiber itself. [ Written also tusseh silk. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tussal | a. [ L. tussis cough. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, or manifested by, cough. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Tusseh | { } n. [ Also tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc. ] [ Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara. ] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheraea mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Tussah | | Tussicular | a. [ L. tussicularis, fr. tussicula, dim. of tussis a cough. ] Of or pertaining to a cough. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tussis | ‖n. [ L. ] (Med.) A cough. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Tussive | a. (Med.) Pertaining to a cough; caused by coughing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Tussle | n. A struggle; a scuffle. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tussle | v. i. & t. [ See Tousle. ] To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tussock | n. [ From Tuz. ] [ Written also tussuck. ] 1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge. [ 1913 Webster ] Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tussock grass. (Bot.) (a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis (Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder, introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands. (b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa). (c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in a wet meadow or boggy place. --
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]
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