serific

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• serific —   a. silk producing.    ♦ serigraph, n. silk screen print.    ♦ serimeter, n. instrument for testing silk …   Dictionary of difficult words

• serific glands — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Glands of silk production that secrete a viscous fluid that solidifies passing through the orifice of the spinneret, emerging as two semi crystalline threads …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• se|rif|ic — «suh RIHF ihk», a. having to do with the making of silk threads: »the serific glands of a silkworm. ╂[< Latin sēri(cum) + English fic] …   Useful english dictionary