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Webster 1913 Edition

Citigradae

‖

Citˊi-gra′dæ

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. L.

citus

swift (p. p. of

cire

,

ciere

, to move) +

gradi

to walk. See

.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (

Lycosidae

) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See

.