| 单词 | bird spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird spider bird spider n. any of various large hairy South American spiders of the family Theraphosidae, which have been known to kill small birds; a bird-eating spider.Cf. bird-catching spider n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > division Tetrapneumones > member of family Aviculariidae bird spider1763 bird-catching spider1789 bird's nest spider1881 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > division Tetrapneumones > family Mygalidae > genus or member of genus Mygale bird spider1763 bird-catching spider1789 tarantula1794 mygale1823 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. IV. xii. 261 Linnæus takes notice only of six Spiders, namely, the greatest Spider; the house Spider; the bag-bearing Spider; the water Spider; the bird Spider; and the Tarantula. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxviii. 40 In the class Arachnida, the bird-spiders (Mygale) are amongst the principal giants. 2003 S. Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 25 Sept. 9 The pink-toed tarantula, also known as an orange-tipped bird spider, usually preys on insects, reptiles, tree frogs and sometimes small roosting birds in the wild. < as lemmas |
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