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Spider web
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Spi´der web´
1.(Zool.) The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; - also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.
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Noun1.Spider web - a web resembling the webs spun by spidersspider web - a web resembling the webs spun by spiders
spider's web
entanglement, web - an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
2.spider web - a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey
spider's web
cobweb - a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
funnel web - a funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
orb web - a circular spider web
sheet web - an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks
web - an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving; "the trees cast a delicate web of shadows over the lawn"
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