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stabilimentum

stabilimentum noun: a particular web structure made by some spiders.

Noun

stabilimentum (plural stabilimenta)

  1. A particular web structure made by some spiders.
    • The stabilimentum of Cyclosa differs greatly from that of a garden spider. It often consists largely of the remains of the insects that the spider has destroyed fastened together and in place with threads of silk.1912, John Henry Comstock, The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near Relatives, the Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, and Other Members of the Class...

Forms of stabilimentum

pluralstabilimenta

Origin of stabilimentum

Borrowed from Latin stabilīmentum.

Questions about stabilimentum

What does stabilimentum mean?
Stabilimentum means a particular web structure made by some spiders.
What part of speech is stabilimentum?
Stabilimentum is a noun.
What is the plural of stabilimentum?
The plural of stabilimentum is stabilimenta.

Words near stabilimentum in the dictionary

  1. stabilify
  2. stabilifying
  3. stabiliment
  4. stabilimenta
  5. stabiliments
  6. stabilimentum
  7. stabilimeter
  8. stabilimeters
  9. stabilisable
  10. stabilisation
  11. stabilisations

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