Meaning
A small animal with eight legs that spins webs to catch insects.
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Word origin
From Old English spithra, from spinnan, to spin, because a spider spins its web.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- spinnan
- English cognates
- spin
Examples
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Spiders make webs to catch their food.
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Insects have six legs; spiders have eight.
spiders.
"Afraid of spiders" is one of the most common fears.
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