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English → English (gcide) Definition: Trapdoor spider Trapdoor \Trap"door`\, n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] Trapdoor spider (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species (Cteniza Californica ). [1913 Webster]