Apneumonomorphae

plural noun

Apneu·​mo·​no·​mor·​phae

in some classifications

: a suborder of Arachnida comprising the arachnomorph spiders that lack book lungs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Apneumona + -o- + -morphae

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