spin|ner|ule

spin|ner|ule
spin|ner|ule «SPIHN uhr ool», noun.
any one of a number of tubules on the spinneret of a spider. Silk in liquid form flows through the spinnerules from silk glands in the spider's abdomen to the outside of the body. The silk then hardens into a thread.

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