tusseh

tus=seh

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tusseh(n = noun.animal) antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusser, tussore, tussur - oriental moth that produces brownish silk;

is a kind of saturniid, saturniid moth

is a member of antheraea, genus antheraea

tusseh, n. [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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]