spinnewebsvlies

Definitions of spinnewebsvlies
  1. noun
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    synonyms: spinnewebvlies
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    hooiwagen
    spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
    hooiwagen, spin, spinnekop, spinnenkop, spinnetje, wipmolen, wipwatermolen
    predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
    teek
    any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
    kaasmijt, mijt
    any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
  2. noun
    the middle of the 3 meninges
    synonyms: spinnewebvlies
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    hersenvlies
    a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord
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