Nosferatu spider
Nosferatu spider noun: zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe.
Noun
Nosferatu spider (plural Nosferatu spiders)
- Zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe.
- This autumn media reports and social media posts about the rapid spread of so-called Nosferatu spiders have caused unease throughout Switzerland.2022 December 17, “Alien spiders in Switzerland – how worried should we be?”, in SWI swissinfo.ch
- This month, Nikon Metrology’s Thomas Dreisbusch, Application Engineer X-ray & CT, has scanned a spider whose name alone causes fear and terror: the Nosferatu spider (Zoropsis spinimana).2023 September 23, “Scan of the month September – It’s spider season”, in Nikon
Forms of Nosferatu spider
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Origin of Nosferatu spider
Calque of German Nosferatu-Spinne. Named for the resemblance of its markings to the vampire Count Orlok from the 1922 movie Nosferatu.
Questions about Nosferatu spider
- What does Nosferatu spider mean?
- Nosferatu spider means zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe.
- What part of speech is Nosferatu spider?
- Nosferatu spider is a noun.
- What is the plural of Nosferatu spider?
- The plural of Nosferatu spider is Nosferatu spiders.
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