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cocon

cocon is the obsolete form of cocoon.

Meaning of cocoon

Noun

cocoon (plural cocoons)

  1. The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
  2. (also, figuratively) Any similar protective case.
    • The bad guys generally don’t like to get on trains, because they’re trapped on a moving cocoon that the CTA controls.1997 June 24, Robert Dart, quotee, “CTA To Leave Train Conductors At The Station”, in Chicago Tribune

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Forms of cocon

pluralcocons

Questions about cocon

What is cocon the obsolete form of?
Cocon is the obsolete form of cocoon.

Words near cocon in the dictionary

  1. cocomposition
  2. cocompositions
  3. cocompound
  4. cocompounding
  5. cocompounds
  6. cocon
  7. cocona
  8. coconana
  9. coconas
  10. coconceive
  11. coconceived

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cocon (page history and authors); cocoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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