Definition of spider

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Spider (n.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red)..

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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..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..
Texture :: Texture (n.) The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web..
Cobweb :: Cobweb (n.) The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
Dipneumona :: Dipneumona (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.
Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
Spinneys :: Spinnerule (n.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
Araneidan :: Araneidan (n.) One of the Araneina; a spider.
Spider :: 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
Maia :: Maia (n.) A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado)..
Falcer :: Falcer (n.) One of the mandibles of a spider.
Macropod :: Macropod (n.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
Epeira :: Epeira (n.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Spider Web :: Spider web () Alt. of Spider's we.
Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs..
Water Mite :: Water mite () Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider..
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..
Pulmonarian :: Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively..
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