Look up: Calamistrum

1. Calamistrum
   Cal`a·mis'trum noun [ Latin , a curling iron.] (Zoology) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders ( Ciniflonidæ ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/6
   
   
2. Calamistrum
   • (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
3. calamistrum
   (from the article `spider`) ...pair having been either lost or reduced to a nonfunctional cone (colulus) or flat plate (cribellum), through which open thousands of minute ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/5
   
   
4. Calamistrum
   The more -or less extensive row of curved hairs on the hind metatarsi, used to comb the silk from the cribellum.
   Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp
   
   
5. Calamistrum
   A comb-like series of hairs on metatarsus IV of cribellate spiders
   Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp
   
   
6. Calamistrum
   a row of toothed bristles on the metatarsal segment of the last leg, used to comb out cribellate silk
   Found on http://australianmuseum.net.au/Glossary-