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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Thornback :: Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
Cribellum :: Cribellum (n.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used for spinning a special kind of silk..
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..
Arachnidium :: Arachnidium (n.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.
Venantes :: Venantes (n. pl.) The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey..
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..
Spider :: Spider (n.) A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
Dipneumona :: Dipneumona (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.
Water Spider :: Water spider () A water mite.
Cob :: Cob (n.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.
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..
Triangulares :: Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider..
Spinneys :: Spinnerule (n.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
Maian :: Maian (n.) Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae..
Spider''s Web :: Spider's web () 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..
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
Falcer :: Falcer (n.) One of the mandibles of a spider.
Epeira :: Epeira (n.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider..
Sea Spider :: Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider..
Spidered :: Spidered (a.) Infested by spiders; cobwebbed.
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