spider silk

collocation in English

meaningsofspiderandsilk

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spider
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspaɪ.dər/us
/ˈspaɪ.dɚ/
a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web (= a net made from ...
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silk
noun
uk
/sɪlk/us
/sɪlk/
a delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the ...
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(Definition ofspiderandsilkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is made from the parent's own downy feathers which is held in place usingspidersilk, moss and lichens.
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Many hummingbird species usespidersilkand lichen to bind the nest material together and secure the structure.
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The tensile strength ofspidersilkis greater than the same weight of steel and has much greater elasticity.
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The cavity is normally sealed withspidersilk, applied using the maxillary bristles which give the generic name to these wasps.
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Nexia is the only company which has successfully produced fibres fromspidersilkexpressed in goat's milk.
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Genetic engineers have experimented with modifying goats' milk and plants' leaves to producespidersilk.
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The nest, a small cup of grass stems neatly bound together inspidersilk, takes around 10 days to construct.
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Other advantages ofspidersilkinclude its resistance to fungal and bacterial decomposiiton for weeks and the fact that it does not swell.
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Anotherspidersilkfor the bridge thread is frequently kited.
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Their most useful ability toward that goal lies in being able to produce wrapstuff, a substance similar to but much stronger thanspidersilk.
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It is the interplay between the hard crystalline segments, and the strained elastic semi-amorphous regions, that givesspidersilkits extraordinary properties.
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It is part of a unique family of large, structural proteins that make up the bulk ofspidersilkfibers.
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The silk proteins retain the basic silk properties found in naturalspidersilkproteins.
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Remarkably, though it is produced in venom glands in the chelicerae, the fluid contains both venom andspidersilkin liquid form.
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Spidersilkmay also be used to make fine sutures for stitching nerves or eyes to heal with little scarring.
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These goats producedspidersilkproteins in their milk.
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Research aims to develop artificialspidersilkwhich could be super strong, yet light and flexible.
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There have been attempts to synthetically manufacturespidersilk.
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Medical uses ofspidersilkis not a new idea.
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Examples of biotic materials are wood, linoleum, straw, humus, manure, bark, crude oil, cotton,spidersilk, chitin, fibrin, and bone.
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