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Cribellum

Cri*bel"lum\ (kr?b?l"l?m), n. [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonid[ae]), used for spinning a special kind of silk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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