bird spider (berdspi"der)

A large hairy spider of the family Theraphosidæ and genus Avicular i a (often called Mygale ). A. avicular i a, a native of tropical America, is able to capture and kill small birds. See cut on preceding page. bird's-tares, bird's-tongue (bėrdz'tarz, -tung), n. Names of the species of Or nit hog los sum , a genus of bulbous plants from the Cape of Good Hope. The name bird's - tongue is also applied to the door-weed, Polygonum aviculare, from the shape of its leaves, and sometimes to the keys of the European ash, Fraxinus excelsior.