单词 | sericipary |
释义 | † sericiparyadj. Entomology. Obsolete. rare. Of a gland in a silkworm: producing silk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [adjective] > producing silk sericipary1868 serific1885 1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World 223 This is the apparatus which secretes the silk; it is the double sericipary gland [Fr. la double glande séricipare]. 1869 Who were First Weavers? ii. 45 This is known as the ‘double sericipary gland’. Each gland consists of a tube, divided into three distinct parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1868 |
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