spider in English: A small animal with eight legs that spins webs to catch insects. (noun)

Translation

A small animal with eight legs that spins webs to catch insects.

Word origin

From Old English spithra, from spinnan, to spin, because a spider spins its web.

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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.

insect

A very small animal with six legs, such as an ant, a bee, or a fly.

animal

A living thing that can move and feel, such as a dog, a bird, or a fish.

leg

One of the two long parts of your body that you use to stand and walk.

fly

To move through the air, like a bird or a plane.

fear

The feeling of being afraid.

ant

A very small insect that lives in big groups and can carry things much heavier than itself.

web

The thin net a spider makes to catch insects; also the web, short for the pages of the internet.

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