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cross spiders

cross spiders is the plural of cross spider.

Meaning of cross spider

Noun

cross spider (plural cross spiders)

  1. The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
    • I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing.1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 69

Questions about cross spiders

What is cross spiders the plural of?
Cross spiders is the plural of cross spider.

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