Translation guide
A spinneret is the organ on a spider or silkworm that produces silk. In English, it can also refer to a metal plate with holes used in manufacturing synthetic fibers. This guide covers both meanings.
The biological organ that spins silk, found in spiders and silkworms.
The standard biological term for a spinneret, literally 'silk-spinning tube'. Used for spiders and silkworms.
クモの吐糸管から糸が出る。
Silk comes out of the spider's spinneret.
A more general term for a spinning organ, sometimes used in biological contexts.
A metal plate with tiny holes through which a solution is forced to create synthetic fibers like rayon or nylon.
The standard industrial term for a spinneret used in synthetic fiber manufacturing.
紡糸口金からレーヨン繊維が出てくる。
Rayon fibers emerge from the spinneret.
吐糸管 (としかん) is for biological spinnerets (spiders, silkworms), while 紡糸口金 (ぼうしぐちがね) is for industrial spinnerets used in synthetic fiber production. Do not mix them up.
カイコの紡績器は絹を作る。
The silkworm's spinneret produces silk.
Literally 'thread wart', a colloquial or descriptive term for the external spinnerets of spiders. Rare in formal writing.
クモの糸疣はお尻にある。
The spider's spinnerets are on its rear end.
The English loanword 'nozzle' is sometimes used in industrial contexts for the spinneret, though it is less precise.
このノズルは紡糸に使われる。
This nozzle is used for spinning.