silk press

silk press
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Lepidoptera larvae, a structure similar to a typical salivary pump in which the silk is molded to a thread; silk regulator; thread press.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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