cribellum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈbɛləm/

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)

Translations

spinning organ

Catalan: cribel m
French: cribellum (fr) m

Spanish: cribelo m

Latin

Etymology

crībrum +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cribellum

(Late Latin) a small sieve

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

crībellō

Descendants

English: cribellum (borrowing)
Catalan: cribel (borrowing)
Italian: crivello
Occitan: crivèl

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