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Explain the process to obtain silk thread from cocoon
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Cocoons of silk moth are used to obtain the silk fibres. These cocoons are kept under the sun or boiled or exposed to steam. The silk fibres is then separated. This process of obtaining wool from the cocoons is called reeling the silk. Reeling is done in special machines.
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