cribellum

n. (某些蜘蛛的)筛器, 辅助吐丝器官

发音

/kɹɪˈbɛləm/

词形变化

cribella 复数 cribella

别名

cribrellum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    生物 动物学

    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)

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin cribellum, diminutive of Latin cribrum (“sieve”).

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