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cribrellum

cribrellum is the alternative form 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)

Forms of cribrellum

pluralcribrella

Questions about cribrellum

What is cribrellum the alternative form of?
Cribrellum is the alternative form of cribellum.

Words near cribrellum in the dictionary

  1. cribrate
  2. cribrately
  3. cribration
  4. cribrations
  5. cribrella
  6. cribrellum
  7. cribricyath
  8. cribricyaths
  9. cribriform
  10. cribriform plate
  11. cribriform plates

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