A member of the order Embioptera, comprising small insects known as webspinners that produce silk from glands in their front legs.
From Embioptera (order name) plus -id (suffix forming a member of a taxonomic group). The order name comes from Greek 'embios' (lively) plus 'ptera' (wings).
Embiids are insects that literally spin silk from their feet while running—they create silk tunnels to live in and can run forwards or backwards with equal speed, making them basically the ninjas of the insect world.
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