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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Theridiidae — manyspiders , some of which aresocial .
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Examples
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Scientists think the spider, which has the scientific name Theridion grallator and is harmless to humans, has evolved the patterns to confuse predators.
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Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
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Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
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Azara10 has described a gregarious spider in Paraguay, which Walckenær thinks must be a Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
Chapter II 1909
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Another little Theridion that is found on birch bark has the same colors arranged a little differently.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
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Azara has described a gregarious spider in Paraguay, which Walckenaer thinks must be a Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891
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So far from laughing, I reflect and enquire, when the Calabrian peasant talks to me of his Tarantula, the Pujaud reaper of his _Theridion lugubre_, the Corsican husbandman of his
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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In the neighbourhood of Pujaud, not far from Avignon, the harvesters speak with dread of _Theridion lugubre_, {1} first observed by Leon Dufour in the Catalonian mountains; according to them, her bite would lead to serious accidents.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Theridion, but probably it is an Epeira, and perhaps even the same species with mine.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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