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territelarian

territelarian noun: a spider that spins a web on the ground.

Noun

territelarian (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete, rare) A spider that spins a web on the ground.
    • Arthrolycosa antiqua is probably a Territelarian.1890, Henry Christopher McCook, American Spiders and Their Spinning Work: Motherhood and babyhood: life and death
    • One of the most curious examples of relation of structure to enemies, or perhaps of the reaction of hostile environment and agents upon structure, is found in a territelarian spider (Cyclocosmia truncata).1891, “Defenses of Burrowing Spiders”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume 38

Questions about territelarian

What does territelarian mean?
Territelarian means a spider that spins a web on the ground.
What part of speech is territelarian?
Territelarian is a noun.

Words near territelarian in the dictionary

  1. Terrios
  2. Terriquez
  3. Terriquezes
  4. Terris
  5. territ
  6. territelarian
  7. Territet
  8. Territo
  9. Territoire de Belfort
  10. territorial
  11. Territorial Army

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