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SERICTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
Synonyms:
sericterium; serictery; silk gland
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("serictery" is a kind of...):
gland; secreter; secretor; secretory organ (any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream)
Holonyms ("serictery" is a 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; the principal source of commercial silk)
giant silkworm; silkworm; wild wilkworm (larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon)
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