web spinner
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- Also called embiid.
Words Nearby web spinner
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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 PiersonWhen his daughter went out and Brouillard was about to follow her, the genial web spinner stopped him.
The City of Numbered Days | Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for web spinner
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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