HyperDic: serictery

English > 1 sense of the word serictery:
NOUNanimalserictery, silk gland, sericteriumsilk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders
English > serictery: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsilk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders.
Synonymssilk gland, sericterium
Part ofsilkwormThe commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkwormlarva of a saturniid moth
Broadergland, secretory organ, secretor, secreterAny of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

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