cocoon

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The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

They open the infected pupa's cocoon, create small cuts in its outer surface, and apply formic acid, a natural antimicrobial compound produced by the workers themselves.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Then in Spring, each forms a cocoon before emerging as an adult butterfly to lay its own eggs.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

And one day, they burst out of the cocoon, carrying rainbows on their wings.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman