Dictionary entry

Tussah

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Tus″sahTus″seh } (tŭs″sȧ), n. [Also tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.