trap-door spider

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noun

any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.

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Origin of trap-door spider

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby trap-door spider

trapball, trap car, trap cut, trapdoor, trapdoor function, trap-door spider, trapes, trapeze, trapeze artist, trapeziform, trapezium

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How to use trap-door spider in a sentence

A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.
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The kid from next door drops by and Marvin talks to him about the stunts in his latest film, Death Hunt.
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They eye the door anxiously, convinced that at any moment, a Pakistani or Iranian intelligence officer will come barging in.
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Gurley came out of stairwell door as the two cops approached.
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But Reconcile is from a slightly different arm of Houston hip-hop—more focused on spiritual triumph over the trap.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
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Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
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British Dictionary definitions for trap-door spider

trap-door spider

noun

any of various spiders of the family Ctenizidae that construct a silk-lined hole in the ground closed by a hinged door of earth and silk

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