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em⋅bi⋅id

[em-bee-id]
–noun
web spinner.

Origin:
< NL Embiidae the web spinner family, equiv. to Embi(a) a genus (< Gk, fem. of émbios having life) + -idae -id 2

web spinner

–noun
any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
Also called embiid.


Origin:
1905–10
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