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The silk fibre covering over silkworm pupa is known as cocoon.

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After the larvae of silkmoths feed on the mulberry leaves and grow in size, they secrete a kind of fibrous protein which hardens around it like an enclosure. This silk fibre covering over silkworm is known as cocoon.

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