Sericterium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sericterium \Ser`ic*te"ri*um\, n. [See {Sericeous}.] (Zool.)
     A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sericterium
       n : silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm)
           or spiders [syn: {silk gland}, {serictery}]