different between ciniflonidae vs calamistrum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calamistrum (“a curling-iron”).

Noun

calamistrum (plural calamistra)

1. (zoology) A comb-like structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibres in the construction of their webs.

Latin

Alternative forms

• calamister

Etymology

Apparently from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kalámistros, “stipula”), from ??????? (kálamos, “reed”), referring to the tubular shape of the heated curling irons. Perhaps influenced by Latin instrumental suffix -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.la?mis.trum/, [kä??ä?m?s?t?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.la?mis.trum/, [k?l??mist??um]

Noun

calamistrum n (genitive calamistr?); second declension

1. curling iron, curling tongs
2. excessively ornamented words

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• calamistr?tus

Descendants

• Portuguese: calamistro

References

• calamistrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calamistrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calamistrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin