SILK GLAND


Meaning of SILK GLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1870

: a gland that produces a viscid fluid which is extruded in filaments and hardens into silk on exposure to air: as

a. : either of a pair of greatly enlarged and modified salivary glands of an insect larva that produce a compound filament from which a larval or pupal cover (as a cocoon) is spun

b. : any of two or more abdominal glands of a spider that open through spinnerets and produce a filament used chiefly in the spinning of webs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.