funnel-web

funnel-web
funnˈel-web or funnel-web spider noun
A venomous spider (genus Atrax) of E Australia which constructs a tube-shaped or funnel-shaped lair
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  • funnel-web spider — noun a dangerously venomous Australian spider that builds a funnel shaped web. [Genera Atrax and Hadronyche.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • Australasian funnel-web spider — Taxobox name = Venomous funnel web spiders image width = 210px image caption = Atrax robustus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Mygalomorphae familia = Hexathelidae familia authority = Simon, 1892… …   Wikipedia

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