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ˈpurse-web
A (spider's) web of the form of a purse. attrib. purse-web spider, a spider of the genus Atypus which spins a close web against a tree; esp. the American species A. abbatti.
1888McCook Amer. Spiders I. 325 The characteristic tube of the Purseweb spider is spun against the trunk of a tree, extending several inches above the surface of the ground and about an equal distance beneath it. |