trap-door spider

trap-door spider Word Origin noun

1. any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.

Origin of trap-door spider First recorded in 1820–30 British Dictionary definitions for trap-door spider trap-door spider noun

1. any of various spiders of the family Ctenizidae that construct a silk-lined hole in the ground closed by a hinged door of earth and silk