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TRAP-DOOR SPIDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trap-door spider" is a kind of...):
spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)
Holonyms ("trap-door spider" is a member of...):
Ctenizidae; family Ctenizidae (large burrowing spiders)