Agalenidae

/ˌæɡəˈlɛnɪˌdiː/ noun

A family of spiders commonly called funnel-weavers, characterized by their ability to spin sheet webs and move rapidly across them.

Modern scientific Latin, from the genus Agalena plus the Latin family suffix '-idae'. Named by arachnologists in the 19th century to classify these distinctive web-building spiders.

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