Definition of Spinnerettes

1. spinnerette [n] - See also: spinnerette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinnerettes

spinmaster
spinmasters
spinmeister
spinmeisters
spinnability
spinnable
spinnaker
spinnakers
spinner dolphin
spinner dolphins
spinneret
spinnerets
spinnerette
spinnerettes (current term)
spinneries
spinners
spinnerule
spinnerules
spinnery
spinnet
spinnets
spinney
spinneys
spinnier
spinnies
spinniest
spinning
spinning disk nebuliser

Literary usage of Spinnerettes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physiology of Man and Other Animals by Anne Moore (1909)
"In front are the poison jaws and on the tip of the lower surface of the abdomen are two or three pairs of spinnerettes. These give off a fluid which hardens ..."

2. Abstracts of Papers Read Before the Society: Together with the Annual Report by Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society, Brighton (1874)
"Mr. GD SAWYER, the President, showed, under the microscope, spinnerettes of spider, vegetable stellar tissue, spicules of gorgonia—section of skin from leg ..."

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