a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Thēraphōsæ (Walckenaer), irreg. f. Gr. θηράφιον a little ‘beast’ or insect, f. θήρ beast.] a. adj. Of or pertaining to the Theraphosæ, a division of latebricole spiders, as the mygalids and trap-door spiders. b. sb. A spider of this group. So Theraphosid a. and sb.; Theraphosoid a.
1891. Cent. Dict., Theraphose.
1898. Proc. Zool. Soc., 29 Nov., 892. A characteristic feature in these arboreal Theraphosids … the long feathery fringes on the legs.
1895. Funk’s Standard Dict., Theraphosoid.
