1an eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs which inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects.
Order Araneae, class Arachnida
used in names of arachnids similar or related to spiders, e.g. sea spider, sun spider.
Order Araneae, class Arachnida
2an object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.
British a set of radiating elastic ties used to hold a load in place on a vehicle.
a long-legged rest for a billiard cue that can be placed over a ball without touching it.
3another term for crawler (in the computing sense).
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move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider:a treecreeper spidered head first down the tree trunk
form a pattern suggestive of a spider or its web:a system of tunnels spider through the district
