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mygalomorphic

adjective

Relating to, or characteristic of, spiders of the infraorder Mygalomorphae, which includes tarantulas and similar spiders.

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adjectivemygalomorphic (comparative more mygalomorphic, superlative most mygalomorphic)

comparative more mygalomorphic · superlative most mygalomorphic

arachnologyRelating to, or characteristic of, spiders of the infraorder Mygalomorphae, which includes tarantulas and similar spiders.
It is the most common of large mygalomorphic spiders, occurring in the Brazilian states Santa Catharina, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul.
1921, Mello-Leitão, “On the Genus Grammostola, Simon.”, in The Annals & Magazine of Natural History, volume 7, Taylor & Francis, page 301

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From mygalomorph + -ic.

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