| 单词 | bird-eating spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird-eating spider bird-eating spider n. any of various large hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae, esp. of the tropical American genera Avicularia and Theraphosa, which have been known to kill small birds.Also called bird-catching spider, bird spider: see bird n. Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1792 M. Riddell Voy. Madeira 73 The aranea avicularia, and the aranea venatoria, the great hairy bird-eating spider of Brasil. 1851 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1850 19: Pt. i 474 This interesting communication on the contested subject of bird-eating spiders originated in my request that the author would commit to paper the observation of which he had assured me in conversation. 1976 Geogr. Jrnl. 142 166 The climbers had to contend with torrential rain, bird-eating spiders, scorpions and snakes. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 2 Mar. (Factor X section) 7/4 As adults, female bird-eating spiders have a body length of up to 6cm. < as lemmas |
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