spinneret

[spin-uh-ret, spin-uh-ret] Origin

spin·ner·et

[spin-uh-ret, spin-uh-ret]
noun
1.
an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
2.
a metal plate or cup with tiny holes through which a chemical solution is extruded to form continuous filaments, as of rayon, nylon, or polyester.

Origin:
1820–30; spinner + -et
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World English Dictionary
spinneret (ˈspɪnəˌrɛt)
 
n
1.  any of several organs in spiders and certain insects through which silk threads are exuded
2.  a finely perforated dispenser through which a viscous liquid is extruded in the production of synthetic fibres
 
[C18: from spinner + -et]

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Word Origin & History

spinneret
"silk-spinning organ of a silkworm or spider," coined 1826, dim. of spinner (n.), from spin. Spinner is attested from c.1220 as "spider," from 1393 as "person who spins textile thread."
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Science Dictionary
spinneret   (spĭn'ə-rět')  Pronunciation Key 
One of the small openings in the back part of a spider or silk-producing insect larva, through which the sticky fluid that dries into silk is released.
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spinneret

in the spinning of man-made fibre, small, thimble-shaped, metal nozzle having fine holes through which a spinning solution is forced to form a filament. The viscous or syrupy solution, prepared by melting or chemically dissolving raw material, emerges from the spinneret as long fibres that are then solidified by coagulation, evaporation, or cooling

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