Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cocoons
IPA transcription: [kək'unz]
Usage examples
  • Some facts, however, are opposed to the belief that female butterflies prefer the more beautiful males; thus, as I have been assured by several collectors, fresh females may frequently be seen paired with battered, faded, or dingy males; but this is a circumstance which could hardly fail often to follow from the males emerging from their cocoons earlier than the females.