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metacrawler

metacrawler noun: an application that searches the Web using existing search engines.

Noun

metacrawler (plural metacrawlers)

  1. (Internet) An application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
    • […] searched the Web by harnessing existing search engines. These types of applications are called metacrawlers, and are a useful way of aggregating results from many search engine databases.

Forms of metacrawler

pluralmetacrawlers

Origin of metacrawler

From meta- + crawler.

Questions about metacrawler

What does metacrawler mean?
Metacrawler means an application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
What part of speech is metacrawler?
Metacrawler is a noun.
What is the plural of metacrawler?
The plural of metacrawler is metacrawlers.

Words near metacrawler in the dictionary

  1. metacoxal
  2. metacrap
  3. metacraton
  4. metacratonic
  5. metacratons
  6. metacrawler
  7. metacrawlers
  8. metacresol
  9. metacresols
  10. metacrises
  11. metacrisis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metacrawler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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