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spi·der  (spdr)
n.
1. Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax bearing eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers and an unsegmented abdomen bearing several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.
2. One that resembles a spider, as in appearance, character, or movement.
3. New England, Upper Northern, & South Atlantic U.S. See frying pan. See Regional Note at frying pan.
4. A trivet.

[Middle English spither, from Old English spthra; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

spider [ˈspaɪdə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order Araneae, having four pairs of legs and a rounded unsegmented body consisting of abdomen and cephalothorax See also wolf spider, trap-door spider, tarantula, black widow
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar or related arachnids
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a hub fitted with radiating spokes or arms that serve to transmit power or support a load
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Agriculture an instrument used with a cultivator to pulverize soil
5. (Engineering / Tools) any implement or tool having the shape of a spider
6. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a metal frame fitted at the base of a mast to which halyards are tied when not in use
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) any part of a machine having a number of radiating spokes, tines, or arms
8. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Also called octopus Brit a cluster of elastic straps fastened at a central point and used to hold a load on a car rack, motorcycle, etc.
9. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards Snooker a rest having long legs, used to raise the cue above the level of the height of the ball
10. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) Angling an artificial fly tied with a hackle and no wings, perhaps originally thought to imitate a spider
11. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Computing a computer program that is capable of performing sophisticated recursive searches on the Internet
12. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) short for spider phaeton
[Old English spīthra; related to Danish spinder, German Spinne; see spin]

spider


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