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Word: Spider
Speech Type: Noun
late Old English spīthra, from spinnan (see spin)
ˈspʌɪdə
an eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs that inject venom into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects.
Short Definition:eight-legged predatory arachnid
an object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.
Short Definition:object resembling spider
Word: Spider
Speech Type: Verb
ˈspʌɪdə
move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider
Short Definition:move in scuttling manner suggestive of spider
Examples:- a treecreeper spidered head first down the tree trunk
- when the search engines spider your site they'll find all of the pages
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