Mygalomorphae

Translingual

Hadronyche cerberea, with non-crossing fangs clearly visible

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυγαλῆ (mugalê, “shrew”) + -morphae, feminine form of -morpha.

Proper noun

Mygalomorphae

1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Araneae – spiders with fangs that point straight down (and do not cross).

Synonyms

• Orthognatha

Hypernyms

• (infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order

Hyponyms

• (infraorder): Atypoidea, Barycheloidea, Ctenizoidea, Cyrtauchenioidea, Dipluroidea, Hexatheloidea, Idiopoidea, Mecicobothrioidea, Migoidea, Nemesioidea, Theraphosoidea (superfamilies)

References

• Mygalomorphae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mygalomorphae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Mygalomorphae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mygalomorphae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Mygalomorphae at National Center for Biotechnology Information