Glossary

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Anal Tubercle: a small lobe below the spinnerets that has the anal opening

Anterior Eye Row (AER): Anterior row of eyes

Anterior Lateral Eyes (ALE): Anterior eyes that are in the lateral position in the eye group.

Anterior Lateral Spinnerets (ALS): Anterior spinnerets in the lateral position in the spinneret group

Anterior Median Eyes (AME): Eyes in the anterior row in the median position in the eye group

Anterior: Towards the front, opposite of posterior

Autospasy: A point of weakness in a joint that allows for the appendage to be broken off there if necessary.

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Calamistrum: A row of setae located along the metatarsus of cribellate spiders

Carapace:  Dorsal part of the cephalothorax

Cephalothorax: Anterior part of a spiders body

Chelicerae: The  'jaws' of a spider that are composed of a larger segment and fangs attached to the tip of the larger segment

Claw Tufts: Thick setae around the claw

Colonus: A non-functional spinning plate (cribellum) that is normally significantly reduced  from a plate to a lobe or setae

Conical: Cone shaped

Coxa: The first segment (closest to the body) of a spider leg

Cribellum: A flat spinning plate anterior to the spinnerets of cribellate spiders

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Dorsal: Towards the top, opposite of ventral

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Ecribellete: Not having a cribellum

Endites: the lobe of the palpal coxa

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Fang: Pointy bits on the end of the chelicerae that contain the opening of the venom gland

Femur: The third segment of the leg when going away from the body

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Labium: The median section anterior to the sternum

Lamelliform claw tufts: Leaf shaped claw tufts

Lateral: To the side of the middle of the body

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Macrosetae: A rigid enlarged hair

Median: Towards the middle of the body

Metatarsus: The sixth segment of the leg from the body

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Palp: The anterior leg like appendage near the chelicerae

Pedicel: The thin connective section between the cephalothorax and the abdomen

Posterior Eye Row (PER): Posterior row of eyes

Posterior Lateral Spinnerets (PLS): Posterior spinnerets in the lateral position

Posterior medial spinnerets (PMS): Posterior spinnerets in the medial position

Posterior Median Row (PMR): Posterior eyes in the median position in the eye group

Posterior: Towards the back

Prograde: Most common leg orientation with the two anterior pairs of legs pointing in the anterior direction and the and the two posterior pairs pointed in the posterior direction

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Sclerotized: thickened or hardened

Setae: Hair

Spinnerets: Finger like organs that spin thread that are at the posterior of the abdomen

Sternum: The ventral median part of the cephalothorax

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Tarsal Claws: Claws at the end of the tarsi

Tarsal comb: Comb made of setae on the tarsi

Tarsi: The seventh segment of the leg farthest from the body

Tergites: Sclerotized patches on the dorsal section of the abdomen

Tibia: The fifth segment of the leg from the body

Tracheal spiracle: The opening to the respiratory system

Trochanter: Second segment of the leg from the body

Tubercles: knob like growths

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Ventral: Towards the bottom

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