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| cri·bel·lum [ kri bélləm ] (plural cri·bel·la [ kri béllə ]) |
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part of spider: an oval perforated plate just in front of the silk-secreting organs spinnerets in some spiders, through which the emerging silk is combed
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| [Late 19th century. < late Latin, "small sieve" < cribrum "sieve"] |
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