webspinner

noun

Etymology

From web + spinner.

  1. inherited from spynnere
  2. compounded as webspinner — “web + spinner

Definitions

  1. Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from…

    Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for webspinner. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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