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arachnophagic

arachnophagic adjective: spider-eating.

Adjective

arachnophagic (not comparable)

  1. Spider-eating.
    • Though ordinarily arachnophagic (Jackson & Brassington 1987; Jackson & Rowe 1987) a female P. phalangioides will feed her young, (Bonizzi 1869; pers. obs.) so the mother was maintained with her brood until a further cocoon was laid.1996 September, Paul James Yoward, “Rearing Methods”, in Spider Sperm Competition: The Conduit / Cul-De-Sac Hypothesis - A Route to Understanding or a Dead End?, York, North Yorkshire: University of...
    • In the alternative predator defence hypothesis, the signal receivers are the spiders’ predators such as wasps, parasitic flies, praying mantises, arachnophagic jumping spiders that have acute visual senses or birds (Wise 1993).2009 August 7, Kensuke Nakata, “To be or not to be conspicuous: the effects of prey availability and predator risk on spider’s web decoration building”, in Animal Behaviour, volume 78, number 5...

Synonyms of arachnophagic

Origin of arachnophagic

From arachno- + -phagic. Piecewise doublet of araneophagic.

Questions about arachnophagic

What does arachnophagic mean?
Arachnophagic means spider-eating.
What part of speech is arachnophagic?
Arachnophagic is an adjective.

Words near arachnophagic in the dictionary

  1. arachnomelia
  2. arachnomorph
  3. arachnomorphs
  4. arachnophage
  5. arachnophages
  6. arachnophagic
  7. arachnophagous
  8. arachnophagy
  9. arachnophile
  10. arachnophiles
  11. arachnophilia

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