The Clue
Light and filmy (8 letter answer)
The Answer
GOSSAMER
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Notes
The answer GOSSAMER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Filmy cobweb
Definition
GOSSAMER as a noun:
1. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
2. (cobweb, gossamer) = filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
GOSSAMER as an adjective:
1. (ethereal, gossamer) = characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"
2. (diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby) = 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"