cocoon

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A privacy threat still in the cocoon is the provision mandating a study of the feasibility of an identity management and authentication program with just a nod to "appropriate civil liberties and privacy protections."

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  1. noun A protective case of silk or similar fibrous material spun by the larvae of moths and other insects that serves as a covering for their pupal stage.
  2. noun A similar natural protective covering or structure, such as the egg case of a spider.
  3. noun A protective plastic coating that is placed over stored military or naval equipment.
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  • Obama's high-tech 'cocoon' - Shortly after taking the oath of office, Obama will climb into the Mother of All Hybrids -- part car, part truck and, from the looks of it, part tank. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • But it is true that Tokyo needs to get off its duff and reform its own economy: Retreating from globalization and returning to some kind of pre-Meiji era cocoon is a fantasy-island proposition.
  • A privacy threat still in the cocoon is the provision mandating a study of the feasibility of an identity management and authentication program with just a nod to "appropriate civil liberties and privacy protections." —  EFF.org Updates
  • It is the megastructure as medical cocoon, architecture designed to stimulate the human nervous system. —  BLDGBLOG
  • The butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon, and one of the students took pity on it and decided to help the butterfly out of the cocoon against the advice of his teacher. —  MSJawahar
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  1. French cocon, from Provençal coucoun, diminutive of coco, shell, from Late Latin coccum, from Latin, berry, oak gall, from Greek kokkos, seed, berry.

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  1. = D. G. cocon = Danish kokon, from French cocon, diminutive of coque, a shell, the shell of an egg or insect, a cocoon, from Latin concha, a shellfish, shell: see cock, conch, cockle, etc.
  2. Cf. coquetoon, a kind of antelope.
  3. cocoon, v.
 

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