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Trap-door spider   /træp-dɔr spˈaɪdər/   Listen
Trap-door spider

noun
1.
American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid.





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"Trap-door spider" Quotes from Famous Books



... the most singular specimens of insect life is the trap-door spider of Jamaica. His burrow is lined with silk, and closed by a trap-door with a hinge. The door exactly fits the entrance to the burrow, and when closed, so precisely corresponds with the surrounding earth that it can hardly be distinguished, even ...
— Harper's Young People, December 9, 1879 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various


Words linked to "Trap-door spider" :   spider, Ctenizidae, family Ctenizidae


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