spinneret

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/ˈspɪnəɹɛt/

noun

The organ a spider uses to spin its web.

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Meanings

nounspinneret (plural spinnerets)

plural spinnerets

  1. The organ a spider uses to spin its web.
  2. A multipored device through which a plastic polymer melt is extruded into fibers.

Origin

From spinner + -et.

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Translations

Catalan filera
  • fileraspider organ for web spinning
Dutch spintepel
  • spintepelspider organ for web spinning
French filière
  • filièrespider organ for web spinning
German Spinnwarze
  • Spinnwarzespider organ for web spinning
Icelandic spunavarta
  • spunavartaspider organ for web spinning
Italian filiera, seritterio
  • filieraspider organ for web spinning
  • seritteriospider organ for web spinning
Polish gruczoł przędny
  • gruczoł przędnyspider organ for web spinning
Portuguese fieira, fiandeira
  • fieiraspider organ for web spinning
  • fiandeiraspider organ for web spinning
Russian паути́нная борода́вка
  • паути́нная борода́вка (pautínnaja borodávka)spider organ for web spinning
Spanish hilera
  • hileraspider organ for web spinning
Welsh nyddyn, nyddolyn
  • nyddynspider organ for web spinning
  • nyddolynspider organ for web spinning
Cite this entry
APA

spinneret. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinneret

MLA

“spinneret.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinneret. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinneret,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinneret.

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