Liphistiomorphae

plural noun

Li·​phis·​ti·​o·​mor·​phae

: a suborder comprising the primitive spiders that retain abdominal segmentation

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Liphistius, genus of spiders + -o- + -morphae

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