fusulae

fu·su·la

[fyoo-zuh-luh]
noun, plural fu·su·lae [-lee] , fu·su·las.
(in the spinneret of a spider) the terminal tube of a silk gland.
Origin:
1905–10; < Neo-Latin; see fuse1, -ule

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