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cribella

cribella is the plural of cribellum.

Meaning of cribellum

Noun

cribellum (plural cribella)

  1. A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
    • 1996: some groups of spiders have a sieve-like plate, the cribellum, just in front of the spinners. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 17)

Questions about cribella

What is cribella the plural of?
Cribella is the plural of cribellum.

Words near cribella in the dictionary

  1. cribbled
  2. cribbles
  3. cribbling
  4. Cribbs
  5. Cribbs Causeway
  6. cribella
  7. cribellar
  8. cribellate
  9. cribellum
  10. cribhouse
  11. cribhouses

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