trap-door spider

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trap-door spider

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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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trap-door spider - American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid

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

Ctenizidae, family Ctenizidae - large burrowing spiders

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