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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various spiders of the family Ctenizidae, found in warm climates, that construct a silk-lined burrow concealed by a hinged lid.
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- noun any spider, of the family Ctenizidae, that
constructs asilk -lined burrow with ahinged lid
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