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单词 silk press
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silk press
c. Entomology. More fully silk press. A muscular structure in the mouthparts of certain larvae which regulates the characteristics of the silk thread which they produce.
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1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 340 The unpaired portion, or spinning apparatus.., is divided into two portions; the hinder half being the ‘thread-press’, the anterior division the ‘directing tubes’.
1907 Amer. Naturalist 41 573 In the case of Apanteles glomeratus the press is highly developed.
1922 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 15 269 In this region is the silk press composed of muscles which control the flow of secretion.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses iv. 110 Anteriorly the ducts from these glands unite into a common conduit which leads to a peculiar organ known as the silk press.
1998 R. F. Chapman Insects (ed. 4) ii. 34/2 This small gland possibly has a lubricating function as the silk passes through the press.
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