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The 16 pages that link to Spinneret, each with the reason it gives.

• Spider silkBroader topic: Spinnerets draw gland-produced material into fibers and help control their placement.

• SpiderBroader topic: Spinnerets extrude silk for webs, egg sacs, draglines, and other purposes.

• Spider webRelated: Spinnerets guide silk into threads and help place them during web construction.

• PedipalpCompared with: Spinnerets and pedipalps are both appendages, but spinnerets produce silk and occupy a different body region.

• CocoonRelated: A larva draws cocoon fibers from silk glands through its spinnerets.

• Spider anatomyBroader topic: These external structures release silk from glands within the abdomen.

• AraneidaeRelated: Spinnerets place the different silk threads used in an araneid web.

• Orb-weaver spiderBroader topic: Orb-weavers deploy silk through spinnerets while laying structural and capture threads.

• TheridiidaeBroader topic: Spinnerets release the silk threads used to build and maintain cobwebs.

• Evolution of spidersRelated: Spinnerets are the specialized structures that distinguish spider silk systems from earlier silk-producing forms.

• LinyphiidaeRelated: Spinnerets lay the silk threads that form linyphiid webs.

• MesothelaeRelated: Mesotheles retain spinnerets near the middle of the abdomen rather than at its rear tip.

• AgelenidaeRelated: Spinnerets place silk during construction of the funnel web.

• Australian funnel-web spiderRelated: Spinnerets place silk around burrow entrances and retreats.

• Tegenaria domesticaBroader topic: Its spinnerets lay the silk that constructs the web.

• ThomisidaeRelated: Thomisids retain spinnerets even though they do not build prey-catching webs.