mygale
See also: Mygale
English
Etymology
Wikispecies Borrowed from Late Latin mygale (“field mouse”) (Vetus Latina), from Ancient Greek μυγαλέη (mugaléē, “shrew”) (used in the Septuagint to translate Hebrew אֲנָקָה, now generally thought to indicate a gecko or similar small reptile).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪɡəli/
Noun
mygale (plural mygales)
- (obsolete) A shrew or ferret. [14th–19th]
- 1635, Holy Bible (Douay), Leviticus II.29–30:
- These also shal be reputed among polluted things, of al that moue vpon the earth, the weesel and the mouse and the crocadile, euerie one according to their kinde, the migale and the camelean […] .
- 1635, Holy Bible (Douay), Leviticus II.29–30:
- Any of the former genus Mygale of large, hairy trapdoor spiders with four lungs and four spinnerets, now distributed in Mygalomorphae. [from 19th c.]
- 1865, Eneas Sweetland Dallas (ed.), Once A Week, vol. XII:
- The Mygales are the most interesting creatures, and are called Mason spiders because they build their own houses in a very remarkable manner.
- 1865, Eneas Sweetland Dallas (ed.), Once A Week, vol. XII:
Anagrams
- -megaly, gamely, gleamy
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μυγαλέη (mugaléē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ɡal/
Noun
mygale f (plural mygales)
- mygalomorph; tarantula
Further reading
- “mygale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.