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CTENIZIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ctenizidae mean?
• CTENIZIDAE (noun)
The noun CTENIZIDAE has 1 sense:
1. large burrowing spiders
Familiarity information: CTENIZIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large burrowing spiders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ctenizidae; family Ctenizidae
Hypernyms ("Ctenizidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Ctenizidae"):
trap-door spider (American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid)
Holonyms ("Ctenizidae" is a member of...):
Araneae; Araneida; order Araneae; order Araneida (spiders)
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