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citigrade

citigrade adjective: characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles rufescens (syn. Loxosceles citigrada).

Adjective

citigrade (comparative more citigrade, superlative most citigrade)

  1. Characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles rufescens (syn. Loxosceles citigrada).

Forms of citigrade

comparativemore citigrade
superlativemost citigrade

Origin of citigrade

New Latin citigradus (“moving swiftly”), from citus and gradior, equivalent to Latin citus + -i- + -grade.

Questions about citigrade

What does citigrade mean?
Citigrade means characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles rufescens (syn. Loxosceles citigrada).
What part of speech is citigrade?
Citigrade is an adjective.

Words near citigrade in the dictionary

  1. citifications
  2. citified
  3. citifies
  4. citify
  5. citifying
  6. citigrade
  7. citiless
  8. citiner
  9. citiners
  10. citing
  11. citings

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