Cocoon
noun
A protective covering that some insects build around themselves before they become adults.
The caterpillar spins a cocoon around itself before it transforms into a butterfly.
Often appears as...
- silken cocoon
- spin a cocoon
noun
Something that protects or isolates a person from the outside world.
During winter, I like to wrap myself in a blanket and create a little cocoon of warmth.
Often appears as...
- cocoon of comfort
- cocoon of safety
verb
To protect or isolate oneself from the outside world.
She cocooned herself in her room, with her books and music for company.
Often appears as...
- cocoon oneself in
- cocoon oneself away
noun
A protective covering that some insects build around themselves before they become adults.
The caterpillar spins a cocoon around itself before it transforms into a butterfly.
Often appears as...
- silken cocoon
- spin a cocoon
noun
Something that protects or isolates a person from the outside world.
During winter, I like to wrap myself in a blanket and create a little cocoon of warmth.
Often appears as...
- cocoon of comfort
- cocoon of safety
verb
To protect or isolate oneself from the outside world.
She cocooned herself in her room, with her books and music for company.
Often appears as...
- cocoon oneself in
- cocoon oneself away
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Metamorphosis Stage
A cocoon is specifically for the transformation phase of insects, not any shelter.
The silk moth's cocoon houses it during metamorphosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Material
Cocoons are made from materials the insect produces, like silk or other substances.
Many cocoons are silky, but some may use leaves or twigs.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Shelter
Cocoons are a temporary structure, the insect leaves it once mature.
After the transformation, the butterfly leaves its cocoon behind.
Pro Tip 1/3Metamorphosis Stage
A cocoon is specifically for the transformation phase of insects, not any shelter.
The silk moth's cocoon houses it during metamorphosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Material
Cocoons are made from materials the insect produces, like silk or other substances.
Many cocoons are silky, but some may use leaves or twigs.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Shelter
Cocoons are a temporary structure, the insect leaves it once mature.
After the transformation, the butterfly leaves its cocoon behind.
Pro Tip 1/3Metamorphosis Stage
A cocoon is specifically for the transformation phase of insects, not any shelter.
The silk moth's cocoon houses it during metamorphosis.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Material
Cocoons are made from materials the insect produces, like silk or other substances.
Many cocoons are silky, but some may use leaves or twigs.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Shelter
Cocoons are a temporary structure, the insect leaves it once mature.
After the transformation, the butterfly leaves its cocoon behind.
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Why are there so many...
In their larval caterpillar form, they chomp hungrily through leaves at a rapid rate to help them grow and spin cocoons. But when they emerge as butterflies, these insects feed only on flower nectar. Metamorphosis means the larvae and adults of one species will never compete for the same resource,
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A low-cost, reliable...
fibroid and silk fibrin is basically just the protein from a silk cocoon as shown here and it has a ton of properties but one of them is that when you mix a protein with it it is able to stabilize it and make it kind of chemically stabilized so that's the
Video examples
Design at the...
And this happens across scales. The silkworm first attaches itself to the environment -- it creates a tensile structure -- and it then starts spinning a compressive cocoon. Tension and compression, the two forces of life, manifested in a single material.
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The politics of fiction...
with the worlds beyond the one we take for granted, then we too run the risk of drying up inside. Our imagination might shrink; our hearts might dwindle, and our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside our cultural cocoons.
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile
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Ant Queens Forge an...
the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
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Body Invaders PIPE National...
wounded caterpillar helps them out usually a caterpillar would spin a silken blanket to make its own cocoon but the parasitized caterpillar spins
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Best Of Animal Teamwork...
grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerge from these silky cocoons
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
Video examples
Why are there so many...
In their larval caterpillar form, they chomp hungrily through leaves at a rapid rate to help them grow and spin cocoons. But when they emerge as butterflies, these insects feed only on flower nectar. Metamorphosis means the larvae and adults of one species will never compete for the same resource,
Video examples
A low-cost, reliable...
fibroid and silk fibrin is basically just the protein from a silk cocoon as shown here and it has a ton of properties but one of them is that when you mix a protein with it it is able to stabilize it and make it kind of chemically stabilized so that's the
Video examples
Design at the...
And this happens across scales. The silkworm first attaches itself to the environment -- it creates a tensile structure -- and it then starts spinning a compressive cocoon. Tension and compression, the two forces of life, manifested in a single material.
Video examples
The politics of fiction...
with the worlds beyond the one we take for granted, then we too run the risk of drying up inside. Our imagination might shrink; our hearts might dwindle, and our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside our cultural cocoons.
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it pushes its way out of the abdomen of that ladybug and it spins its cocoon. And the problem is this cocoon is a very vulnerable stage in the lifecycle of this wasp. It's just sitting there immobile
Video examples
Ant Queens Forge an...
the voracious larvae grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
Video examples
Body Invaders PIPE National...
wounded caterpillar helps them out usually a caterpillar would spin a silken blanket to make its own cocoon but the parasitized caterpillar spins
Video examples
Best Of Animal Teamwork...
grow quickly and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
and then pupate a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerge from these silky cocoons
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
a few weeks after the eggs were laid the first tiny pale workers emerged from these silky cocoons
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Quote examples
Jane Pauley
American Journalist
This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
Quite simply, our isolation from nature has become isolation from God's Word. Cocooned in our manmade world of climate-controlled homes, cars, subways, and high-rises, we're finding it easier to live as practical atheists.
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Alia Bhatt
British Actress
I come from a protected environment of a Juhu house, and I wasn't exposed to life as shown in 'Highway'. It's not that I'm a snob, but I was cocooned from the reality of life. The film made me aware of life and myself.
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very different from all the publicity. That's the fun part.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon.
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Eric Topol
American Scientist
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down.
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Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.
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Eva Green
French Actress
I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.
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Elif Safak
Turkish Author
Art and literature should help us to get out of our mental cocoons.
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Pernell Roberts
American Actor
I don't have a battery of agents to surround me in a cocoon.
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Jane Pauley
American Journalist
This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!
Quote examples
Eric Metaxas
American Author
Quite simply, our isolation from nature has become isolation from God's Word. Cocooned in our manmade world of climate-controlled homes, cars, subways, and high-rises, we're finding it easier to live as practical atheists.
Quote examples
Alia Bhatt
British Actress
I come from a protected environment of a Juhu house, and I wasn't exposed to life as shown in 'Highway'. It's not that I'm a snob, but I was cocooned from the reality of life. The film made me aware of life and myself.
Quote examples
Mira Nair
Indian Director
What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very different from all the publicity. That's the fun part.
Quote examples
Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon.
Quote examples
Eric Topol
American Scientist
The digital world has been in a separate orbit from our medical cocoon, and it's time the boundaries be taken down.
Quote examples
Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.
Quote examples
Eva Green
French Actress
I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.
Quote examples
Elif Safak
Turkish Author
Art and literature should help us to get out of our mental cocoons.
Quote examples
Pernell Roberts
American Actor
I don't have a battery of agents to surround me in a cocoon.
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