Definition of spider

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Spider (n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on t

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Arachnology :: Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.
Ateles :: Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita..
Tarantula :: Tarantula (n.) Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale..
Falcer :: Falcer (n.) One of the mandibles of a spider.
Web :: Web (n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.
Water Spider :: Water spider () 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..
Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
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Thornback :: Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
Macropod :: Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.
Aptera :: Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders..
Animalcule :: Animalcule (n.) A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc..
Spider Web :: Spider web () Alt. of Spider's we.
Arachnoid :: Arachnoid (a.) Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.
Sea Spider :: Sea spider () Any pycnogonid.
Araneina :: Araneina (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
Maia :: Maia (n.) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado)..
Water Spinner :: Water spinner () The water spider.
Attercop :: Attercop (n.) A spider.
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