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noun • silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs verb • retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment • wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | ||||||||
| 43% | 3 | a word used as the subject or object of a sentence to mean 'it does not matter which person or thing', 'no matter which person or thing', 'it makes no difference which one', etc. | ||||||
adverb • to any degree or extent adjective satellite • one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential | ||||||||
| 32% | 7 | Stage before a butterfly emerges | ||||||
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Thing From Which A Butterfly Emerges Crossword Clue
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COCOON which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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COCOON
Updated: October 11, 2023
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1 | a word used as the subject or object of a sentence to mean 'it does not matter which person or thing', 'no matter which person or thing', 'it makes no difference which one', etc. | |
2 | From which the head emerges in a dress
The Guardian Cryptic -
19 May 2004 | The Guardian Cryptic / 19 May 2004 |
3 | It emerges after Charlie turned over shells
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20 Jan 2012 | The Guardian Cryptic / 20 Jan 2012 |
4 | More unlikely to welcome alien, it emerges at first, as arrival from outer space
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09 Mar 2011 | The Guardian Cryptic / 09 Mar 2011 |
5 | Oxygen, say, emerges from parts of estate
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27 Jan 2016 | The Guardian Cryptic / 27 Jan 2016 |
6 | Stage before a butterfly emerges | |
7 | What a butterfly emerges from
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15 Sep 2014 | New York Times / 15 Sep 2014 |
