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Ctenizidae

noun

large burrowing spiders

• Syn: ↑family Ctenizidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Araneae, ↑order Araneae, ↑Araneida, ↑order Araneida

• Member Meronyms: ↑trap-door spider

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\\tə̇ˈnizəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cteniza, type genus (from Greek ktenizion, diminutive of kten-, kteis comb) + -idae — more at pectinate

: a family of large burrowing spiders — see trap-door spider

Useful english dictionary. 2012.