sericterium

ser·ic·te·ri·um

S0281250 (sĕr′ĭk-tîr′ē-əm)n. pl. ser·ic·te·ri·a (-tîr′ē-ə) The silk-producing gland or glands of an insect, such as a silkworm.

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[New Latin sērictērium, from Greek sērikon, silk (on the model of New Latin sialistērium, salivary gland of insects), from neuter of sērikos, silken; see serge¹.]

sericterium

(ˌsɛrɪkˈtɪərɪəm) na silk-producing gland in a silkworm

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Noun

1.sericterium - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spidersserictery, silk glandsilkworm - 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 silkgiant silkworm, wild wilkworm, silkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoongland, 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