Atrax

Translingual thumb Etymology Coined by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and published in 1877 Possibly from mul la ātra (feminine nominative) meaning dull black, dark., but more likely from mul la Atrax- although there is no obvious connection between Australian spiders and ancient Greece. A third possibility could involve a misspelling of mul la atrox, having the meaning ‘terrible, frightening, dreadful’ (more appropriate in the light of the potency of the venom). Proper noun 1 m species family Hexathelidae certain of the funnel-web tarantula s Hypernyms genus Araneae order - order; Opisthothelae suborder - suborder; Mygalomorphae infraorder - infraorder; Hexatheloidea superfamily - superfamily; Hexathelidae family - family; Atracinae subfamily - subfamily; Atrax - genus Hyponyms genus Atrax robustus species, Atrax sutherlandi species, Atrax yorkmainorum species - species Further reading 1 1 1 6902 89897 Latin Etymology la Atrax :bor grc:Ἄτραξ + 1 Pronunciation At;rax Proper noun Atrax<3.loc> m A town of Thessaly, situated above the river Peneus la river r/Aetolia mentioned by Pliny Declension Atrax<3.loc> Related terms la Atraces la Atracis la Atracius References la Towns