'Mygale avicularia' definitions:
Definition of 'Mygale avicularia'
From: GCIDE
- Mygale \Myg"a*le\, prop. n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zool.) A genus of very large hairy spiders of the family Ctenizidae, 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 (Mygale cancerides) are among the largest species. They are also called trapdoor spiders. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (Mygale Hentzii). [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Mygale avicularia'
From: GCIDE
- Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
- 1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). [1913 Webster]
- That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. --Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20). [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden. [1913 Webster]
- And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
- Arabian bird, the phenix.
- Bird of Jove, the eagle.
- Bird of Juno, the peacock.
- Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite (Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus, Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.
- Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
- Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.
- Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged. [1913 Webster]