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    SERICTERIUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    sericterium; serictery; silk gland

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sericterium" 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 ("sericterium" 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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