The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family Ctenizidae, having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider ( Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou ( Mygale cancerides) are among the largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula ( Mygale Hentzii).
Wiktionary
n. (trapdoor spider English)
Usage examples of "trapdoor spiders".
Kit fox, kangaroo mouse, and larger animals such as desert hares and sand terrapin, along with their appropriate predators, desert hawk and dwarf owl, scorpions, centipedes, and trapdoor spiders .
Kit fox, kangaroo mouse, and larger animals such as desert hares and sand terrapin, along with their appropriate predators, desert hawk and dwarf owl, scorpions, centipedes, and trapdoor spiders.
Somehow, the wasp seemed to know that its master, Veig, was far away, and that it was expected to guard the family from trapdoor spiders and other predators.
The silence, the murders, the prevalence of trapdoor spiders, the large earth balls, it all fits.
Nate tried to say something -- something about trapdoor spiders, in keeping with an arachnid theme he was developing with regard to Amy -- but it came out more bubbly and moist than he intended.
His crystal turrets were surrounded with nasty little spells that worked like trapdoor spiders, striking when birds came too close.