water spider
Webster Dictionary
an aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider
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ballooning spider
Webster Dictionary
a spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft
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epeira
Webster Dictionary
a genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider
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water spider
Webster Dictionary
any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider
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funnel web
(funnel web)
Princeton's WordNet
a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
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spider's web
Webster Dictionary
the silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle
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mygale
Webster Dictionary
a genus of very large hairy spiders having four lungs and only four spinnerets. They do not spin webs, but usually construct tubes in the earth, which are often furnished with a trapdoor. The South American bird spider (Mygale avicularia), and the crab spider, or matoutou (M. cancerides) are among the largest species. Some of the species are erroneously called tarantulas, as the Texas tarantula (M. Hentzii)
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triangulares
Webster Dictionary
the triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider
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hunter
Webster Dictionary
a kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting
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spidery
(ˈspaɪ də ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
like a spider.
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fang
(æŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of the chelicerae of a spider.
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weave
(wiv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of a spider or larva) to spin (a web or cocoon).
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black widow
(ˈblæk wəl, -ˌwɛl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any venomous spider of the cosmopolitan genus
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spidery
(ˈspaɪ də ri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
long and thin like a spider's legs:
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spin
(ɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to produce a thread from the body, as a spider or silkworm.
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sea spider
Webster Dictionary
any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider
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spider
(ˈspaɪ dər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various devices with leglike extensions suggestive of a spider, as a tripod or trivet.
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fibroin
(ˈfaɪ broʊ ɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an indigestible protein that is a principal component of spider webs and silk.
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king crab
(ˈkɪŋˌboʊlt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large, edible spider crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of N Pacific waters.
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tarantula
(ˌli)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a large wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula, of S Europe, having a bite once thought to be the cause of tarantism.
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snow crab
(ˈsnoʊˌkæp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an edible spider crab of the N Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a seafood product.
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spinneret
(ˈspɪn əˌrɛt, ˌspɪn əˈrɛt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
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spinner
Webster Dictionary
a spider
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spiderlike
Webster Dictionary
like a spider
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spider web
Webster Dictionary
alt. of Spider's web
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attercop
Webster Dictionary
a spider
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insect
(ˈɪn sɛkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to members of the class Insecta.
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spinning
(ˈspɪn ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the act or process of secreting and placing silk or silklike filaments, as in the construction of a web by a spider or the formation of a cocoon by a caterpillar.
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majidae
(Majidae, family Majidae)
Princeton's WordNet
spider crabs
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genus ateles
(Ateles, genus Ateles)
Princeton's WordNet
spider monkeys
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