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Definition of Mygale
1. n. A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii).
Definition of Mygale
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the genus ''Mygale'' of large, hairy trapdoor spiders with four lungs and four spinnerets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mygale
1. an American spider [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mygale
Literary usage of Mygale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"But if Strabo be correct in stating that the mygale or shrew mouse was ...
The mygale is universally allowed to have been sacred to Buto t: it was buried in ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"One mygale lived over five years, and finally died soon after moulting, though
it had moulted safely several times in previous years. ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"This mygale is found in the southern departments of France situated on the borders
of the Mediterranean, in Spain, &c. M.fodiens, Walck., Faun. ..."
4. A Clinical Materia Medica: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the by Ernest Albert Farrington (1887)
"Taking up the study of these drugs seriatim, we come first to the mygale ...
The mygale lasiodora is a large black spider, native in the island of Cuba. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1877)
"mygale Lasiodora Cubana." A large, black, Cuban spider. Preparation, Tincture
prepared by putting the live insect into alcohol. Authorities. ..."
6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1886)
"RAS NOTE ON mygale FASCIATA. ... forwarding ten specimens of a very large species
of mygale found by him in the Kamora district:— " The spiders, ..."
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