Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the curved movable spines forming a double row on the upper surface of the sixth or penultimate joint of the posterior legs of certain spiders.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (
Ciniflonidæ ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
comb -likestructure on themetatarsus of thehind legs of certainspiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibres in the construction of theirwebs .
Etymologies
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Latin, a curling iron.
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