| NOUN | animal | serictery, silk gland, sericterium | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders |
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| Meaning | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders. | |
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| Synonyms | silk gland, sericterium | |
| Part of | silkworm | The 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 wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth | |
| Broader | gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter | Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
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