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单词 latebricole
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latebricoleadj.

Brit. /laˈtɛbrᵻkəʊl/, U.S. /ləˈtɛbrəˌkoʊl/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French latébricole.
Etymology: < French latébricole, adjective (1870 or earlier designating insects; also as noun denoting a group of spiders: C. A. Walkenaer Tableau des Aranéïdes (1805) 28) < classical Latin latebricola person who skulks in concealment < latebra (see latebra n.) + -cola (see -cole comb. form). Compare scientific Latin Latebricolae, plural noun (1856 or earlier).
Chiefly Zoology. rare.
Of an animal, esp. a spider: living concealed in a hole.
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1889 Cent. Dict. Latebricole,..living or hiding in holes, as a spider.
1912 N.E.D. at Theraphose Of or pertaining to the Theraphosæ, a division of latebricole spiders, as the mygalids and trap-door spiders.
2009 W. Penn Love in Time of Flowers viii. 497 He was at no other place than the very one I deducted he'd be.., a lair within a hole though not as latebricole as a mole.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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