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cocoon

shell made of silk by most kinds of moth caterpillars and other insect larvae
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cocoon

Summary

cocoon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cocoon is made of silk[2].
  • cocoon is a type of covering[3].
  • cocoon's Commons category is recorded as Cocoons[4].
  • cocoon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[5].
  • cocoon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • cocoon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • cocoon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • cocoon's different from is recorded as egg sac[9].
  • cocoon's different from is recorded as chrysalis[10].

Body

Definition and Type

cocoon is a type of covering[3].

Why It Matters

cocoon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[1] cocoon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] cocoon is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → covering
    Different from → egg sac, chrysalis
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284044605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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