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Definition of: trap-door spider
(trap′dôr′, -dōr′)
A large spider (family Ctenizidae) that inhabits a vertical, tubular pit in the ground, covered by a circular trap door hinged at one side to the silken lining of the tube, especially Bothriocyrtum californica of the SW United States.
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