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Meaning of cribellum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/kɹɪˈbɛləm/

Definitions

A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.

Equivalents

Español cribelo
Français cribellum

Examples

“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)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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