sericterium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sericterium
    n 1: silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm)
         or spiders [syn: {silk gland}, {serictery}, {sericterium}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sericterium \Ser`ic*te"ri*um\, n. [See {Sericeous}.] (Zool.)
   A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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