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spider

noun

1 spider

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.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, ... show more

Dutch: spinnen, spin, spinnetje
Polish: pajÄ…k

2 spider

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.

synonym: wanderer.

Dutch: kobbe

3 spider

A skillet made of cast iron.


Moby thesaurus: Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chilopod, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, harvestman, hexapod ... show more.

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