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单词 spinneret
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spinneretn.

/ˈspɪnərɛt/
Forms: Also spin(n)aret, spinnerette.
Etymology: diminutive of spinner n.: see -et suffix1.
1. An organ or process by which the silk, gossamer, or thread of certain insects, esp. silkworms and spiders, is produced; a spinning-organ; spec. (a) one of the pores or tubules on the lower lip of a silkworm or caterpillar; (b) one of the nipple-like mammillæ on the abdomen of a spider.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > spinning organ
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > parts of > spinneret
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spinneret1826
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > parts of > pore on lower lip
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(a)
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 124 On each side of the apex of the under-lip is a minute feeler, and in the middle..is a filiform organ, which I shall call the spinneret (Fusulus), through which the larva draws the silken thread employed in fabricating its cocoon.
1863 H. Spencer Ess. 2nd Ser. 336 It appears that the ultimate fibre of silk is coated, in issuing from the spinneret of the silk-worm, with a film of varnish.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 148 The median lobe..carries.. a central tubular projection, the spinneret, upon which opens the common duct of the two silk glands.
(b)1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 209/1 The surface of each of the spinnarets [of the spider] is pierced by an infinite number of minute holes.1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvi. 317 The fluid silk,..when it is drawn through the microscopic apertures of the spinneret, affords the material whereof the web is constructed.1849 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 371 A minutely bituberculated wart, somewhat like the spinnerets of the spider.1926 T. H. Savory Brit. Spiders 8 Now it raises its abdomen..and secretes a drop of silk from its spinnerettes.figurative.1877 Athenæum 1 Dec. 701/2 The web is now before us, but the spinnerets used in the elaboration of most of it have been the scissors, and the gossamer, paste.(c)1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 254 The spinnerets..of various shell fish [are] in their foot.
2. A cap or plate having a number of small holes through which a spinnable solution is forced in the production of man-made fibres; an individual hole or channel in such a plate.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of man-made thread > equipment for
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spinner1904
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knot-catcher1927
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > manufacture of man-made thread > equipment for > part of
spinneret1957
1894 Work 7 July 391/2 The resultant..substance..is next forced..through minute holes in a glass spinneret.
1921 T. Woodhouse tr. J. Foltzer Artif. Silk 49 The solution..is expelled by air pressure through capillary tubes or spinnerets.
1927 M. H. Avram Rayon Industry viii. 197 Glass spinnerettes are now produced with 66 holes.
1957 D. C. Hague Econ. Man-made Fibres iii. 93 Nylon is a truly synthetic fibre... In fact, it is a plastic which has been forced through a spinnerette to form a textile fibre.
1973 Materials & Technol. VI. iv. 291 The number of holes in a spinneret will determine the number of filaments which will be present in the yarns; this usually varies between 15 and 100.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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