gossamer
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
Adjective Satellite
so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
Noun
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
Noun
filaments from a web that was spun by a spider