Meanings
nounstabilimentum (plural stabilimenta)
plural stabilimenta
- A particular web structure made by some spiders.
The stabilimentum of Cyclosa differs greatly from that of a garden spider. It often consists largely of the remains of the insects that the spider has destroyed fastened together and in place with threads of silk.
1912, John Henry Comstock, The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near Relatives, the Scorpions, Pseudoscorpions, Whip-scorpions, Harvestmen, and Other Members of the Class Arachnida
Origin
- Latinstabilīmentum
- Englishstabilimentum
Borrowed from Latin stabilīmentum.
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