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Webster 1913 Edition

Calamistrum

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Calˊa-mis′trum

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Noun.

[L., a curling iron.]

(Zool.)

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.