spider
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- noun
- /ˈspaɪdər/
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- I have spent several hours shooting Argiope spiders and their interesting webs.
- a spider web
- insects and spiders
- catch a spider
Can we do what the spider does right?
- Can we do what the spider does right?
- The corpse of the spider has taken over.
- I mean, there's like spiders, there's like Dragons.
- And she starts snipping off the spider's legs bit by bit.
- In this poem, the spiders crawl from my clothes.
- That's another version Spider went into like a pink spider.
Examples
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Benny, only the female orb-weaver spider will date a male one-twentieth her size.
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When I was in middle school, a poisonous spider bit my right hand.
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Hey guys, wow, there's a spider on my light.
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Everybody should invest in a spider catcher this time of year.
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Before she wakes, she sees a black spider climb up her window screen.
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This is an Amazonian bird-eating spider.
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Lots and lots of cobwebs and spiders on the blinds.
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While hiking, I spotted a large spider weaving a web between two trees.
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He carefully removed the spider from the bathroom and set it outside.
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The spider in the corner of the room was spinning a delicate silk web.
Synonyms
Compounds
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An animal that lives in trees in the Americas with long thin arms and a tail that grasps branches
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A large spider that hunts on the ground and runs to catch other animals instead of using webs
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A plant with long narrow leaves and small white or pink flowers often grown indoors
A large North American spider with black and yellow markings often found in gardens
- Specialized
A spider with a row of short stiff hairs on each hind foot that often spins irregular webs
An orchid that flowers in spring with pale outer petals and a large brown soft middle petal
- Informal
An imaginary creature people blame as a joke for a sudden noisy sound like a fart
A large orange and tan spider often found in barns that makes a new round web each day
A large crab with long legs and a spiny shell that lives in European coastal waters
A large spider from southern Europe once thought to make people dance uncontrollably
A tiny spider-like animal that makes fine webs and eats plant juice, damaging leaves
- Specialized
A small red mark on the skin with a dot in the middle and thin red lines like a spider
- Specialized
A small red spot on the skin with short red lines spreading like a spider
- Specialized
A small red spot on the skin with thin red lines spreading out from the middle
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spider comes from an old English word that meant 'spinner' and is related to the verb spin, because spiders spin silk to make webs, so a spider is literally 'a spinner'.