Spider

['spaɪdə] or ['spaɪdɚ]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) a skillet made of cast iron.

(noun.) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine.

Typed by Josephine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

(n.) Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

(n.) An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

(n.) A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

(n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.

Edited by Linda

Definition

n. an arachnid of the order Araneida the body divided into two distinct parts—an unsegmented cephalo-thorax bearing six pairs of appendages and a soft unsegmented abdomen at the end of which are the spinnerets from each of which numerous 'spinning-spools' ooze forth the viscid fluid which hardens into the silken thread: a frying-pan with feet a trivet.—ns. Spī′der-catch′er the wall-creeper; Spī′der-crab a spider-like crab or sea-spider with long thin legs; Spī′der-dīv′er the little grebe or dabchick; Spī′derdom spiders collectively.—adj. Spī′dered cobwebbed.—n. Spī′der-fly a pupiparous fly as a bird-louse &c.—adj. Spī′der-like like a spider.—ns. Spī′derling a young spider; Spī′der-mon′key an American platyrrine monkey with long slender legs and tail; Spī′der-stitch a stitch in lace or netting in which threads are carried diagonally and parallel to each other; Spī′der-wasp a pompilid wasp which fills its nest with spiders for its young; Spī′der-web the snare spun by the spider; Spī′der-wheel in embroidery a circular pattern with radiating lines; Spī′der-work lace worked by spider-stitch; Spī′der-wort any plant of the genus Tradescantia esp. T. virginica an American perennial with deep-blue or reddish-violet flowers.—adj. Spī′dery spider-like.

Edited by Henry