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banana spider |
see "Brazilian wandering spider." |
black widow |
a small spider, widespread in the United States, of which the female has a shiny, black body with an hourglass-shaped red mark on its underside, a poisonous but usu. not fatal bite, and a reputation for sometimes devouring its mate. |
Brazilian wandering spider |
any of a family of highly venomous, quick-moving, and aggressive spiders native to the rainforests of Brazil, also known as the banana spider for the frequency with which members of this family are found in bunches of bananas. |
brown recluse spider |
a highly poisonous, medium-sized brown spider that has a dark, violin-shaped mark on its body. |
cobweb |
a web spun by a spider, esp. an abandoned one, or a single strand of this web. [1/5 definitions] |
dock spider |
see "fisher spider." |
fang |
something similar in structure, such as the pincerlike front appendage of a venomous spider. [1/3 definitions] |
fiddleback |
another name for the brown recluse spider. |
fisher spider |
any of a family of nursery-web spiders that have the ability to skate across and dive beneath the surface of water, also called a dock spider. |
gossamer |
a delicate spider web, esp. one that has become attached to a plant or is floating freely in the air. [1/3 definitions] |
insect |
(informal) any small animal similar to true insects, such as a spider or centipede. [1/3 definitions] |
scorpion |
any of several small animals related to the spider that have a long, narrow body and a segmented tail with a venomous tip. [1/2 definitions] |
spidery |
like a spider, esp. in having long thin legs. [1/2 definitions] |
spin |
of a spider or insect, to make (a web or cocoon) by extruding filaments from the body. [1/15 definitions] |
tarantula |
a large black spider of southern Europe. [1/2 definitions] |
wolf spider |
a small- to medium-sized spider that hunts its prey rather than using a web. |
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