/ten"euh zid/ , n.
1. a spider of the family Ctenizidae, comprising the trap-door spiders.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the ctenizids.
[ Ctenizidae name of the family, equiv. to Cteniz ( a ) a genus (appar. irreg. ktenízein to comb; see CTENO-) + NL -idae -ID 2 ]