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mygale

mygale


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mygale  \Myg"a*le\,  n.  [L.,  a  field  mouse,  Gr  ?.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}).