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.)