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SPINERET [1 record]

Record 1 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Small tubular appendage from which silk threads are exuded by spiders and by many larval insects [e.g. silkworms], being located posteriorly on the abdomen in the former but usually located on the labium of a larva, e.g., in larval Lepidopera [butterflies and moths].

OBS

Usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Filière; appareil larvaire séricigène; en général tout appareil similaire chez les imagos ou les larves; une épine creuse; ouverture des glandes séricigènes. - Chez les Coccides, un pore cérifère ou cerore.

Spanish

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