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SILK GLAND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders

Synonyms:

sericterium; serictery; silk gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("silk gland" is a kind of...):

gland; 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)

Holonyms ("silk gland" is a part of...):

silkworm (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 silk)

giant silkworm; silkworm; wild wilkworm (larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon)

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