English Explanatory Dictionary

cribellum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.

Pronunciation

/kɹɪˈbɛləm/

Word forms

cribellum cribella

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum (“sieve”).

Related words

cribellate ecribellate
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