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A spider. [Obs.]

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

nt form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filar micrometer.

tic upon birds. The species are numerous. -- Bird of passage, a migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually…

A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

cherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.

d formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. -- Crab spider (Zoöl.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. -- Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, wh…

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc.

A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

et), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur. (Zoöl.) See Indri. -- Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.

A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also Dipneumones.]

To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.