Meaning Stabilimentum
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Stabilimentum


 (pl: stabilimenta) a conspicuous structure, or web decoration, that certain web-making spider species include in their web.  It was originally suggested in 1893, by French arachnologist Eugène Simon, that the structure served to add stability to the web, hence the name stabilimentum.  Recent studies have mostly proven otherwise, however, and new t [..]
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Stabilimentum


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