rēafigende

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rēafigende, adj: ravening, rapacious. (RAY-ah-vi-en-duh / ˈreːa-vɪ-jɛn-də)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a spider with way too many legs in the centre of its web in which two flies are trapped.
Compendium Salernitanum; N Italy (Venice?), 1350-1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.873, f. 87v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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