cribellum
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum (“sieve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cribellum (plural cribella)
- (zoology) 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)
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Translations
Etymology
Noun
crībellum n (genitive crībellī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a small sieve
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
- crībellō
Descendants
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