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hunting spider

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hunting spider
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for wolf spider
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Noun1.hunting spiderhunting 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)


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By contrast, hunting spiders are webless creatures that capture their prey by ambushing or jumping on them.
GARDENING\Caught in web of bad image, spider a helper to gardeners by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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