sericteryn.
/sᵻˈrɪkt(ə)ri/, U.S. /səˈrɪkt(ə)ri/ Entomology.
In silkworms and other insect larvae: a glandular apparatus for the production of silk; a silk or spinning gland. Cf. sericterium n.
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1891 H. M. Bernard & M. Bernard tr. A. Lang Text-bk. Compar. Anat. I. vi. 459 The sericteries [Ger. Sericterien] are glandular tubes which are paired, elongated, and coiled, often running through the whole length of the body.
1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants v. 77 The [ant] larva..must lie in a cavity so that it can fix the threads from its sericteries to different points in an adjoining wall.
1976 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 102 42 Labium with a transverse densely spinulose welt dorsally. Opening of sericteries wide and salient.
2010 Nutrition Res. 30 784/1 The mulberry silkworm produces a fibroin protein compound in 2 salivary glands called sericteries.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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