てぐす

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [te̞ɡɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

てぐす or テグス • (tegusu) 

  1. silkworm gut, fishing gut; silk from the juvenile giant silkworm moth Eriogyna pyretorum (Saturnia (Saturnia) pyretorum)
  2. synthetic polyamide threads such as nylon used in place of silkworm gut

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of てぐす – see the following entry.
【天蚕糸】
[noun] tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons
(This term, てぐす (tegusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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