Clotho

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1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Oecobiidae – arachnids, wall spiders, with its species now in other genera in Oecobiidae.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – vipers, with its species now in other genera in Viperidae.
3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – certain hummingbirds.

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• Oecobiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Clotho”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From Latin Clōthō, from Ancient Greek Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ), from κλώθω (klṓthō, literally “to spin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊθoʊ/

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Clotho

1. (Greek mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the spinner of the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.
2. (astronomy) 97 Klotho, a main belt asteroid.

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