Venatrix

See also: venatrix

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēnātrīx (“huntress”). Based on earlier Venator, described in 1900, of the same subfamily.

Coined by German arachnologist Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.

Pronunciation

  • English: enPR: vĕ′-nə-trĭks
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɛ.nə.tɹɪks/
    • Rhymes: -ɛnətɹɪks

Proper noun

Venatrix f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycosidae – certain wolf spiders.

See also

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