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Cribellum
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Cri-bel′lum
(kr?b?l′l?m)
, Noun.
[L., a small sieve, dim. of
cribrum
sieve.] (Zool.)
A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (
Ciniflonidæ
), used for spinning a special kind of silk. Definition 2024
cribellum
cribellum
English
Noun
cribellum (plural cribella)
- (zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some 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)