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(n)
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
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A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
A female given name.
(usually childish) Father.
Alternative spelling of immobiliser. [Something or someone that immobilises.]
A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
(medicine) A benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels.
(N)
a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
A hunter.
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
(zoology) A spider; now specifically a member of the family Araneidae; an orb weaver.
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Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
Alternative spelling of daddy longlegs. [(UK, Ireland) The cranefly; any insect of the suborder Tipulomorpha.]
An immature spider.
A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
Alternative spelling of funnel web. [(Australia) A funnel-web spider, especially Atrax robustus.]
Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs.
Any member of the order Amblypygi of arachnids.
Certain spiders in order Araneae
Any arachnid of the order Ricinulei
(US) A spider, Argiope aurantia, that spins webs with stabilimenta that look like scribbling.
Any of very many spiders, of the family Gnaphosidae, that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them.
Any organism that eats spiders.
Any spider of the family Araneidae.
(biology) Any organism that eats spiders
Any of the tropical or subtropical insects of the order Embioptera, which spin silk from structures on their front legs.
Any of very many spiders, of the family Salticidae, that jump from place to place with the aid of a silk tether.
any of several spiders, of the family Atypidae, that builds a silken tube close to the ground.
Alternative form of whip spider. [Any member of the order Amblypygi of arachnids.]
Any of the family Oxyopidae of spiders, which hunt their prey rather than spinning webs to ensnare them.
Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
Any spider of the infraorder Araneomorphae
All spiders, considered as a group.
(rare, obsolete) A spider that spins a web on the ground.
In Phoneutria, a South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders
Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar.
Any spider of the families Atracidae and Macrothelidae, which weave funnel-shaped webs (formerly placed in Hexathalidae).
Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.
Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
Any spider of the family Ctenidae, some of which have a reputation of being extremely aggressive.
A spider of the genus Arctosa
Any spider of the family Mimetidae, which prey on other spiders.
Any spider from the taxonomic family Sparassidae.
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
Any of the family Oonopidae of spiders.
Any spider of the family Amaurobiidae.
Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
A large orb weaver often found on bridges and near water (Larinioides sclopetarius).
Any of the mite family Tetranychidae.
Any spider of the family Linyphiidae.
Alternative form of crab spider. [Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.]
A spider that hunts its prey on the ground instead of catching it in a web.
Synonym of orbweaver.
Any spider, from the family Pisauridae, that builds a "tent" in which the eggs are hatched.
A spider of the genus Argiope.
Any of several species of venomous and potentially deadly spiders, particularly Latrodectus spp.
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
(UK, Ireland) Any spider of the family Linyphiidae, or (loosely) any very small spider, superstitiously believed to bring financial good luck.
Any of the tarantula subfamily Harpactirinae.
any spider, of the family Eresidae, that build unkempt webs
(biology) Any araneophagous organism.
The web of an orbweaver spider
Synonym of purseweb spider.
Any of the subfamily Theraphosinae of tarantulas.
Synonym of arachnophobia.
Any of many small venomous spiders of the genera Loxosceles and Sicarius.
Any arachnid of order Amblypygi.
Any araneomorph spider in the family Drymusidae.
A large Asian sunbird of the genus Arachnothera, feeding on nectar and a range of small arthropods.
Any mygalomorph spider of the family Actinopodidae
Any of the venomous Australian mygalomorph spiders of the family Atracidae; a funnel-web spider.
The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
Synonym of camel spider.
(rare) A baby spider.
Any of the solitary wasps in the Pompilidae family, which feed on spiders; a pompilid.
A jumping spider of the subfamily Spartaeinae.
Any of the wall crab spiders, which constitute family Selenopidae.
A baby spider.
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
The eating of spiders.
Araneus diadematus, the cross spider.
(rare) Any spider
(rare) A female spider.
Any of various species of crab of the superfamily Majoidea with long legs.
A spider of the genus Missulena in the mygalomorph family Actinopodidae.
Any of a number of poisonous funnel web spiders, especially Tegenaria agrestis, indigenous to Europe.
The common garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
Any moth whose larvae inhabit web-like structures.
A spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.
Any orbweaver spider of the subfamily Cyrtophorinae