funnel-web spider

English

a funnel-web spider in its web

Noun

funnel-web spider (plural funnel-web spiders)

1. Any spider of the families Atracidae, Macrothelidae, and Macrothelidae, all of which weave funnel-shaped webs (formerly placed in Hexathalidae).

Hyponyms

• (spider that weaves funnel-shaped web): araneomorph funnel-web spider (Agelenidae, funnel weaver); Australian funnel-web spider (Atracidae);

Derived terms

• sheet funnel-web spider (dwarf tarantula, Mecicobothriidae)

See also

• funnel-web tarantula (Dipluridae, Nemesiidae)

References

• funnel-web spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia