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any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin

a. : any of various small slender campodeiform insects with biting mouthparts that constitute the order Embiodea and live in silken tunnels that they spin

b. : webworm

any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs. Also called embiid.

[1905-10]

web spinner noun

A mainly tropical insect which uses glands on its front legs to spin silk tunnels in which it lives

Main Entry: ↑web

web spinner,

any one of an order of small insects with chewing mouthparts and forelegs that have silk spinning organs; embiid. Web spinners live in underground tunnels lined with the silk which they spin.