English Explanatory Dictionary

box kite spider

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any orbweaver in the genus Isoxya of tropical Africa.

Word forms

box kite spider box kite spiders

Etymology

box kite + spider, after the spiders' somewhat rectangular thoraxes.

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