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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…

A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb.

The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.

Infested by spiders; cobwebbed. Wolcott.

Like a spider. Shak.

An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.

A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider.

An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets…

A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] Ray.

uting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. -- n.

Having the form of a spider. Kirby.

The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

Ingeniously; skillfully. [Obs.] The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. Tillotson.

American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.