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cribellum

/kɹɪˈbɛləm/

cribellum noun: a spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.

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)

Forms of cribellum

pluralcribella

Origin of cribellum

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

Questions about cribellum

What does cribellum mean?
Cribellum means a spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
What part of speech is cribellum?
Cribellum is a noun.
How do you pronounce cribellum?
Cribellum is pronounced /kɹɪˈbɛləm/.
What is the plural of cribellum?
The plural of cribellum is cribella.

Words near cribellum in the dictionary

  1. Cribbs
  2. Cribbs Causeway
  3. cribella
  4. cribellar
  5. cribellate
  6. cribellum
  7. cribhouse
  8. cribhouses
  9. cribiform
  10. crible
  11. cribles

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