Other spiders belonging to the same family as the New World tarantulas are the monkey spiders of Africa and the bird-eating spiders of Australia and New Guinea. Trap-door spiders and the dangerous funnel-web spider of Australia are also related to the theraphosids as members of Orthognatha.
5. origin-the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived; the rumor had its origin in idle gossip; vegetable origins; mineral origin; origin in sensation. source - (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; a heat source; a source of carbon dioxide.
2a : rise, beginning, or derivation from a source the origin of life on Earth The word âalgebraâ is of Arabic origin.b : the point at which something begins or rises or from which it derives the origin of the custom; also : something that creates, causes, or gives rise to another a spring is the origin of the brook.