spinneret

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English

The underside and head of a female spider
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Etymology

From spinner +‎ -et.

Noun

spinneret (plural spinnerets)

  1. The organ a spider uses to spin its web.
    • 1912, Jean-Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, The Life of the Spider chapter 10
      Then, suddenly, with her eight legs wide-spread, she lets herself drop straight down, hanging to the line that issues from her spinnerets
  2. A multipored device through which a plastic polymer melt is extruded into fibers.

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