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silk gland
silk glandn. Any of the various glands in silk-spinning insects and spiders that secrete a fluid that hardens into silk on exposure to air.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiderssericterium, sericterysilkworm - 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 |
Silk Gland
silk gland[′silk ‚gland] (invertebrate zoology) A gland in certain insects which secretes a viscous fluid in the form of filaments known as silk; it is a salivary gland in insects and an abdominal gland in spiders. Silk Gland in certain arthropods, an organ that elaborates a secretion that on exposure to air hardens into silk threads. Silk glands are especially developed in spiders. They are located in the posterior part of the abdomen and open through numerous tiny tubules at the ends of the six colliculi. Spiders have several types of silk glands: they secrete silk for producing egg cocoons, for arranging various parts of a snare, and for forming a sticky secretion with which the spider traps its prey. Silk glands are also found in Tetranychoidea, Pseudoscorpionidea, and Embioptera. silk gland
Synonyms for silk glandnoun silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spidersSynonymsRelated Words- silkworm
- giant silkworm
- wild wilkworm
- gland
- secreter
- secretor
- secretory organ
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