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Meaning of SERICTERIUM

Pronunciation:  `serik'teereeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
 
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 Synonyms: serictery, silk gland
 
 See Also: giant silkworm, gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ, silkworm, wild wilkworm

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ser`ic*te"ri*um\, n. [See {Sericeous}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
 
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