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ORB-WEAVING SPIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orb-weaving spider mean? 

ORB-WEAVING SPIDER (noun)
  The noun ORB-WEAVING SPIDER has 1 sense:

1. a spider that spins a circular (or near circular) webplay

  Familiarity information: ORB-WEAVING SPIDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORB-WEAVING SPIDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A spider that spins a circular (or near circular) web

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("orb-weaving spider" is a kind of...):

spider (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)


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