| 单词 | cardinal spider |
| 释义 | > as lemmascardinal spider cardinal spider n. any of several large house spiders of the genus Tegenaria; esp. T. parietina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > member of (spider) > unspecified type > house-spider house spider1607 cardinal spider1832 1832 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 28 Apr. 266/2 (heading) The Cardinal Spider. ‘There is a large breed of spiders which are found very generally in the palace of Hampton-Court. They are called there “cardinals”, having I suppose been first seen in Cardinal Wolsey's hall.’ [Quoting 1832 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist.] 1989 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 23 354 The cardinal spider Tegenaria parietina..has..been recorded in Co Dublin and Co Wicklow. 2017 S. Westwood & S. Moss Wonderland 325 One species, reputed to have frightened Cardinal Wolsey at Hampton Court, is still known as the Cardinal spider. < as lemmas |
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