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Definition of Spider
1. Noun. Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.
Group relationships: Araneae, Araneida, Order Araneae, Order Araneida
Specialized synonyms: Orb-weaving Spider, Argiope Aurantia, Black And Gold Garden Spider, Araneus Cavaticus, Barn Spider, Aranea Diademata, Garden Spider, Comb-footed Spider, Theridiid, Black Widow, Latrodectus Mactans, Tarantula, Hunting Spider, Wolf Spider, Trap-door Spider
Derivative terms: Spidery
2. Noun. A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine.
3. Noun. A skillet made of cast iron.
Definition of Spider
1. 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 the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
Definition of Spider
1. Noun. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order ''Araneae'', most of which spin webs to catch prey. ¹
2. Noun. (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information. ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade). ¹
4. Noun. (slang) A spindly person. ¹
5. Noun. (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar. ¹
6. Noun. (context: snooker billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge. ¹
7. Noun. (cookware) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open hearth cookery. They were generally called spiders both in England and in America. ¹
8. Noun. A part of a crank, which the chainrings are attached ¹
9. Noun. (slang) Heroin (street drug). ¹
10. Noun. (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points. ¹
11. Verb. (Internet of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spider
1. a type of arachnid [n -S] - See also: arachnid
Medical Definition of Spider
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