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trap-door spider
noun
- any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.
trap-door spider
noun
- any of various spiders of the family Ctenizidae that construct a silk-lined hole in the ground closed by a hinged door of earth and silk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trap-door spider1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
The same book tells why the trap-door spider usually builds on a slope.
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We frequently noticed, in the deep spongy moss over which we walked, the nests of a Trap-door Spider.
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Talking of the ant-lion reminds one of another excavator, still more familiar to Cape colonists, the trap-door spider.
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Many tell us that the tarantula has a lid on the top of his house, but this is incorrect, as that belongs to the trap-door spider.
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Just what natural enemy the trap-door spider has I do not know.
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