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Tasmanian cave spider

Tasmanian cave spider noun: a species of large-clawed spider, Hickmania troglodytes, found in Tasmania.

Noun

Tasmanian cave spider (plural Tasmanian cave spiders)

  1. A species of large-clawed spider, Hickmania troglodytes, found in Tasmania.
    • Quilty told me that some of the flora I may have noticed in the Andes were to be found elsewhere only in Tasmania […] and that insects like the Tasmanian cave spider were the sole family known outside Chile.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 25

Forms of Tasmanian cave spider

pluralTasmanian cave spiders

Questions about Tasmanian cave spider

What does Tasmanian cave spider mean?
Tasmanian cave spider means a species of large-clawed spider, Hickmania troglodytes, found in Tasmania.
What part of speech is Tasmanian cave spider?
Tasmanian cave spider is a noun.
What is the plural of Tasmanian cave spider?
The plural of Tasmanian cave spider is Tasmanian cave spiders.

Words near Tasmanian cave spider in the dictionary

  1. Tasmanian blackwoods
  2. Tasmanian blue gum
  3. Tasmanian blue gums
  4. Tasmanian boobook
  5. Tasmanian boobooks
  6. Tasmanian cave spider
  7. Tasmanian devil
  8. Tasmanian devils
  9. Tasmanian dodge
  10. Tasmanian emu
  11. Tasmanian emus

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