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silk·en [ˈsɪlkən] ADJ

silken (silk-like)
silken (silk-like)
silken dated (made of silk)
silken dated (made of silk)
silken voice fig

Usage examples with silken

silken voice fig

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English
They are pale greenish grey, with very characteristic dark markings and lateral tufts of long, white silken hairs.
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The mine in this stage is completely changed in colour to pale brown, and slightly contorted on the upper epidermis with silken threads.
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The species overwinters communally as larvae within a tough, silken tent.
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He wears a "jata-mukuta" (a headdress formed of piled, matted hair) and white silken garments.
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Young larvae skeletonize the leaves of their host plant, feeding under silken tents.
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They create a tubular silken case which is covered with frass grains on the outside.
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A central silken tube stretches over the entire length of the mine.
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They form a silken tube containing grains of sand near the base of the foodplant.
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The larvae live in a blind silken tube encrusted with plant and soil debris, constructed amongst tussock bases.
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Early instars feed on tissue beneath the upper epidermis (surface layer) of leaves, while protected under self-constructed silken webs on the undersurface of leaves.
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