(supernovae astronomy) A cloud of gas that obscures the poles of a star undergoing hypernova (HN), which gets heated by the polar jet escaping the hypernova progenitor star (hnp), and may absorb the energy of a weak gamma-ray burst (GRB), leaving an observable HN lacking the associated GRB, or be penetrated by a stronger GRB, giving a HN with an associated GRB.

(biology, arachnology) A cocoon-like structure made of web in which a female spider lays her eggs.

plural of brood cocoon

Resembling or characteristic of a cocoon; comfortably isolating.

Resembling or characteristic of a cocoon.

A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

plural of cocoonery

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that weakens the fibres of a silkworm cocoon

plural of cocoonase