Dictionary entry

Tetraneumona

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Tet′ra‐neu″mo‐na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Tetra-, and Pneumo-.] (Zoöl.) A division of Arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. It includes the bird spiders (Mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. See Mygale.