web spinner


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

Origin of web spinner

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use web spinner in a sentence

  • The little web-spinner was happier than she had ever been before, and the mother began to teach her other children.

    Among the Meadow People | Clara Dillingham Pierson
  • When his daughter went out and Brouillard was about to follow her, the genial web spinner stopped him.

British Dictionary definitions for web spinner

web spinner

noun
  1. any small fragile dull-coloured typically tropical insect of the order Embioptera, which has biting mouthparts and constructs silken tunnels in which to live

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