colulus

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noun

A vestigial organ between the spinnerets in some spiders lacking a cribellum.

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Meanings

nouncolulus (plural coluli)

plural coluli

  1. A vestigial organ between the spinnerets in some spiders lacking a cribellum.

    The generic key given here makes partial use of the above work, initially splitting the family into three groups of genera based on the presence or absence of the colulus.

    1985, Michael John Roberts, The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, page 172

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loculus
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