Spider web

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Spi´der web´

(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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Noun	1.	spider 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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