WEB SPINNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does web spinner mean? 

• WEB SPINNER (noun)
  The noun WEB SPINNER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WEB SPINNER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEB SPINNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("web spinner" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Holonyms ("web spinner" is a member of...):

Embiodea; Embioptera; order Embiodea; order Embioptera (web spinners)