
Cribellum
Sign in to savethumb|right|upright|Progradungula otwayensis ([[Gradungulidae) holding a snare made from silk spun from its cribellum]]
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Ancestral trait
- Prevalence
- Cribellate families
- Diatom cribellum
- References
- External links
thumb|right|upright|Progradungula otwayensis ([[Gradungulidae) holding a snare made from silk spun from its cribellum]]
Cribellum literally means 'little sieve', and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cribellum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.