spider

From late Old English spiþra, from spinnan ‘to spin’. Cognate with German Spinne.

• spī'də(r), /ˈspaɪdə(r)/, /"spaId@(r)/

  Homophones: Spyder

  Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)

spider (plural spiders)

1. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods of which most species spin webs to catch prey.
2. Template:italbrac A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
3. Template:italbrac A “float”; a drink made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
4. Template:italbrac A spindly person.

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1. Template:snooker A stick with an arch-shaped head that is used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension

• spidery

arthropod Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.

• Albanian: merimangë Template:f
• Amharic: ሸረሪት (shärärit)
• Amuzgo: kítònkwé
• Arabic: Template:ARchar (ʕankabūt) Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Armenian: սարդ (sard)
• Basque: armiarma
• Bosnian: pauk Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required. (1)
• Catalan: aranya Template:f
• Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ (kananesgi)
• Cebuano: damang
• CJKV Characters: 鼅, 蜘; 鼄, 蛛
• Chinese: 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū)
• Cornish: kevnisenn Template:f, kevnis Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required., gwiader Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Croatian: pauk Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Czech: pavouk Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Danish: edderkop Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Dutch: spin Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Estonian: ämblik
• Finnish: hämähäkki
• French: araignée Template:f
• Georgian: ობობა (oboba)
• German: Spinne Template:f
• Greek: αράχνη (arákhni) Template:f
• Guaraní: ñandu
• Hausa: gizò-gizò Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required., tautaù Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Hawaiian: nananana, pūnāwelewele
• Hindi: मकड़ा (makda), मकड़ी (makdi)
• Hungarian: pók
• Ibo: ududo
• Icelandic: konguló Lua error in Module:gender_and_number at line 80: The tag "Icelandic" in the gender specification "Icelandic" is not valid. See Module:gender and number for a list of valid tags.
• Ilocano: lawwa
• Indonesian: labah
• Interlingua: aranea
• Italian: ragno Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Japanese: 蜘蛛 (くも, kumo)
• Korean: 거미 (geomi)
• Latin: aranea Template:f
• Latvian: zirneklis Lua error in Module:gender_and_number at line 80: The tag "Latvian" in the gender specification "Latvian" is not valid. See Module:gender and number for a list of valid tags.

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• Lithuanian: voras Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Malay: labah-labah
• Manx: doo-oallee Template:f, feeder Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Maori: puawerewere, puungaawerewere, puungaiwerewere, puuwerewere, tuuturi
• Mongolian: аалз (aalz)
• Nepali: (maakoora)
• Nahuatl: tocatl
• Norwegian: edderkopp Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Persian: (‘ankabut)
• Polish: pająk Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Portuguese: aranha Template:f
• Punjabi: (makkarī)
• Quechua: kusikusi Template:italbrac, apasanka Template:italbrac
• Romanian: păianjen Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Russian: паук (paúk) Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Samoan: 'apogāleveleve
• Slovak: pavúk Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Slovene: pajek Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Somali: caaro
• Spanish: araña Template:f
• Swahili: buibui
• Swedish: spindel Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required.
• Tagalog: gagambá, álalawa
• Tamil: சிலந்தி (silanti)
• Telugu: సాలీడు (saaleeDu)
• Tupinambá: nhandu'ĩ
• Turkish: örümcek
• Twi: ananse
• Vietnamese: nhện, con nhện
• Volapük: suplaf
• Welsh: corryn Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required., pryf copyn Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 56: Parameter 1 is required.
• Yiddish: שפין (shpin) Template:f
• Yoruba: alantakun
• Yucatec: am
• Zulu: ulwembu, ululwembu

computer program Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required. Template:mid

drink Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required. Template:mid

slang: a spindly person Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required. Template:mid

Snooker spider Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters "1" and "2" are required. Template:mid

1. Template:internet (of a computer program) to follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

   The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

• arachnid
• Wikipedia article on spiders