Phrase Hound found 96 phrases and 6 compound words that contain spiders. The most common are listed below. Open spiders in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 96
- Spiders GeorgA notional extreme outlier in a population; originally characterized as a cave-dwelling hermit who eats 10,000 spiders per day and thus skews the statistical average for all humanity.
- button spidersplural of button spider: Any of various spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
- camel spidersplural of camel spider: Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.
- crab spidersplural of crab spider: Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
- ground spidersplural of ground spider: Any of very many spiders, of the family Gnaphosidae, that hunt their prey instead of building a web to catch them.
- harvest spidersplural of harvest spider: harvestman; daddy longlegs
- house spidersplural of house spider: Any spider or kind of spider that dwells in human residences.
- jumping spidersplural of jumping spider: Any of very many spiders, of the family Salticidae, that jump from place to place with the aid of a silk tether.
- money spidersplural of money spider: Any spider of the family Linyphiidae, or (loosely) any very small spider, superstitiously believed to bring financial good luck.
- mouse spidersplural of mouse spider: A spider of the genus Missulena in the mygalomorph family Actinopodidae.
- pirate spidersplural of pirate spider: Any spider of the family Mimetidae, which prey on other spiders.
- sea spidersplural of sea spider: Any arthropod in the taxonomic class Pycnogonida.
- spiders' websplural of spider's web: The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey.
- true spidersplural of true spider: Any of the infraorder Araneomorphae of spiders, distinguishable from the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and kin) by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action instead of pointing …
- violin spidersplural of violin spider: Any recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.), known for the violin-shaped marking on its thorax.
- whip spidersplural of whip spider: Any member of the order Amblypygi of arachnids.
- wolf spidersplural of wolf spider: Any of several species of wandering spiders (family Lycosidae) that catch their prey on the ground by stalking it and not building webs.
- peacock spidersplural of peacock spider: A peacock jumping spider (Maratus spp.)
- barking spidersplural of barking spider: An Australian spider, Selenocosmia crassipes, which makes a "hissing" sound (stridulation) when disturbed.
- assassin spidersplural of assassin spider: Any palpimanoid.
- hobo spidersplural of hobo spider: Any of a number of venomous funnel web spiders, especially Eratigena agrestis, indigenous to Europe.
- goblin spidersplural of goblin spider: Any of the family Oonopidae of spiders.
- giant house spidersplural of giant house spider: Any of certain large house spiders, formerly in species Tegenaria duellica, now in three species Eratigena atrica, Eratigena duellica, and Eratigena saeva.
- Brazilian wandering spidersplural of Brazilian wandering spider: A South American spider of the genus Phoneutria with a medically significant bite.
- gossamer spidersplural of gossamer spider: Any spider capable of ballooning.
Compound words 6
- crabspidersplural of crabspider: Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
- rockspidersplural of rockspider: Caladenia petrensis, the rock spider orchid.
- seaspidersplural of seaspider: Any arthropod in the taxonomic class Pycnogonida.
- sunspidersplural of sunspider: Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.
- tickspidersplural of tickspider: Any arachnid of the order Ricinulei
- whipspidersplural of whipspider: Any member of the order Amblypygi of arachnids.