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fusula Zool.|ˈfjuːzjʊlə|
Also fusule. Pl. -æ.
[mod.L., incorrectly f. L. fūsus spindle.]
(See quots.)
1909A. E. Shipley in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IV. 325 These spinnerets..are movable turrets on which are mounted the ‘fusulae’ or projections where the tubes from the spinning glands open. Ibid. 326 In some spiders the fusulae are all much alike, but usually a few very much larger than the rest are noticeable under the microscope, and these are often alluded to as ‘spigots’. 1928T. H. Savory Biology of Spiders ii. 41 The smaller ones [sc. tubes], called spools or fusulae, consist either of a cylindrical basal portion traversed by a long thin tube or of a slightly conical base with a curved thin tube. 1951Locket & Millidge Brit. Spiders I. 28 The fusules from which the silk is produced are situated on the tips or on the apical segments of the spinners. |