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Uloborus

noun
Ulob·​o·​rus | \ yüˈläbərəs\

Definition of Uloborus

: a genus (the type of the family Uloboridae) of orb-spinning spiders

History and Etymology for Uloborus

New Latin, from Greek ouloboros having a deadly bite, from oulos deadly, destructive (akin to Greek ollynai to destroy) + -boros (from bibrōskein to eat, devour)

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