Atrax

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Atrax m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Hexathelidae – certain of the funnel-web tarantulas.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class; Araneae - order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Mygalomorphae - infraorder; Hexatheloidea - superfamily; Hexathelidae - family; Atracinae - subfamily

• (genus): Atrax robustus, Atrax sutherlandi, Atrax yorkmainorum - species

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτραξ (Átrax).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.traks/

Atrax m sg (genitive Atracis); third declension

1. A town of Thessaly, situated above the river Peneus
2. A river of Aetolia mentioned by Pliny

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Atraces
• Atracis
• Atracius

• Atrax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Atrax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Atrax in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly