spinneret

1. Any of various tubular structures from which spiders and certain insect larvae, such as silkworms, secrete the silk threads from which they form webs or cocoons.
2. A device for making rayon, nylon, and other synthetic fibers, consisting of a plate pierced with holes through which plastic material is extruded in filaments.

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Spinneret may refer to:

• Spinneret (polymers), a device used to extrude polymers into fibers
• Spinneret (spider), the spider's silk-spinning organ ; silk spinning organ of a spider, silkworm, or insect larva
• Spinneret (Timothy Zahn)

See also

• Spinnerette

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