web spinner

web spinner

n (Animals) any small fragile dull-coloured typically tropical insect of the order Embioptera, which has biting mouthparts and constructs silken tunnels in which to live

web′ spin`ner

n. any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs. [1905–10]

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web spinner - any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spininsect - small air-breathing arthropodEmbiodea, Embioptera, order Embiodea, order Embioptera - web spinners