"Citigrade" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at St. Fe, I had a better opportunity of observing some similar facts. A spider which was about three-tenths of an inch in length, and which in its general appearance resembled a Citigrade (therefore quite different from the gossamer), while standing on the summit of a post, darted forth four or five threads from its spinners. These, glittering in the sunshine, might be compared to diverging rays of light; they were not, ...
— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin |
