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Record 1 1991-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

In the cribellate spiders ... the metatarsus on the last pair of legs has a row of hooks, called the calamistrum, which is used for combing out the special silk produced by the cribellum of these spiders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Brosse faite de soie raides qui existent aux pattes de certaines araignées.

OBS

Les poils du calamistrum sont disposés comme les barbes d'une plume ... [et sont] placés sur les basitarses de la 4e paire de pattes chez toutes les araignées dites "cribellates" [...]

Spanish

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