spinneret

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The organ a spider uses to spin its web
A metal nozzle type device with very fine holes used in the spinning process of manufactured fibers The spinning solution is forced or extruded through the small holes to form continuous filament fibers The holes in the spinneret can vary in diameter to produce fibers of various denier
One of the special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs
The ordinary silk line of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the spinnerets
Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs
a nozzle or plate provided with fine holes or slits through which a fibre-forming solution or melt is extruded during fibre manufacture
A spinneret
spinner
spinnerets
plural of spinneret
spinneret
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