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THERIDIIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of comb-footed spiders

Synonyms:

family Theridiidae; Theridiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Theridiidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Theridiidae"):

comb-footed spider; theridiid (spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot)

genus Latrodectus; Latrodectus (venomous spiders)

Holonyms ("Theridiidae" is a member of...):

Araneae; Araneida; order Araneae; order Araneida (spiders)

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