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SEA SPIDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea spider mean?
• SEA SPIDER (noun)
The noun SEA SPIDER has 1 sense:
1. any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
Familiarity information: SEA SPIDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
pycnogonid; sea spider
Hypernyms ("sea spider" is a kind of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
Holonyms ("sea spider" is a member of...):
order Pycnogonida; Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
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