Hypochilomorphae

plural noun

Hy·​po·​chil·​o·​mor·​phae

: a suborder of Araneae comprising arachnomorph spiders with two pairs of book lungs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hypo- + chil- + -morphae

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