Embiodea

plural noun

Em·​bi·​o·​dea

ˌembēˈōdēə

: a small order of slender elongated chiefly tropical insects with large head and 10-segmented abdomen having males that are usually winged and both nymphs and adults that live in silken webs which they spin with glands in the fore tarsi see web spinner

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Embia + -odea

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