hunting spider

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hunting spider - ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web wolf spider 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 family Lycosidae, Lycosidae - wolf spiders European wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula, tarantula - large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)