Spider — synonyms, definition

1. spider (Noun) US

2 synonyms

crawler web crawler

3 definitions

spider (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.

spider (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.

spider (Noun) — A skillet made of cast iron.

9 types of

arachnid arachnoid computer program computer programme frying pan frypan program programme skillet

15 types

Aranea diademata Araneus cavaticus Argiope aurantia Latrodectus mactans barn spider black and gold garden spider black widow comb-footed spider garden spider hunting spider orb-weaving spider tarantula theridiid trap-door spider wolf spider

4 parts of

Araneae Araneida order Araneae order Araneida

2. spider (Verb) US

1 definition

spider (Verb) — (computing) automatically follow links on the internet in order to gather information from many linked pages. ex. "my home page is regularly spidered by search engines"