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

From crībrum +‎ -lum.

Noun

crībellum n (genitive crībellī); second declension

(Late Latin) a small sieve

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crībellum	crībella
Genitive	crībellī	crībellōrum
Dative	crībellō	crībellīs
Accusative	crībellum	crībella
Ablative	crībellō	crībellīs
Vocative	crībellum	crībella

Derived terms

crībellō

Descendants

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

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