資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mygale \Myg"a*le\, n. [L., a field mouse, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and
only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually
construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with
a trapdoor. The South American bird spider ({Mygale
avicularia}), and the crab spider, or matoutou ({M.
cancerides}) are among the largest species. Some of the
species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas
tarantula ({M. Hentzii}).
Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
--Tyndale
(Matt. viii.
20).
2. (Zo["o]l.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided
with wings. See {Aves}.
3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not
tarry. --Campbell.
{Arabian bird}, the phenix.
{Bird of Jove}, the eagle.
{Bird of Juno}, the peacock.
{Bird louse} (Zo["o]l.), a wingless insect of the group
Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
(Zo["o]l.), a small mite (genera {Dermanyssus},
{Dermaleichus} and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
species are numerous.
{Bird of passage}, a migratory bird.
{Bird spider} (Zo["o]l.), a very large South American spider
({Mygale avicularia}). It is said sometimes to capture and
kill small birds.
{Bird tick} (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon
birds (genus {Ornithomyia}, and allies), usually winged.