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Disembowel :: Disembowel (v. t.) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider..

Arachnology :: Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

Pulmonarian :: Pulmonarian (n.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion..

Dipneumona :: Dipneumona (n. pl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs.

Palpus :: Palpus (n.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera..

Sea Spider :: Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider..

Cursores :: Cursores (n. pl.) A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.

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..

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..

Thornback :: Thornback (n.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).

Mygale :: Mygale (n.) 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)..

Arachnoid :: Arachnoid (a.) Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

Spinner :: Spinner (n.) A spider.

Gossamer :: Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders..

Araneose :: Araneose (a.) Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

Spinneys :: Spinnerule (n.) One of the numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.

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..

Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..

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