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pirate spiders

pirate spiders is the plural of pirate spider.

Meaning of pirate spider

Noun

pirate spider (plural pirate spiders)

  1. Any spider of the family Mimetidae, which prey on other spiders.
    • Pirate spiders (Family Mimetidae) use aggressive mimicry in their capture of spiders, by producing vibratory stimuli on webs, thereby inducing a predatory response of the resident.1990, George W. Uetz, “Chapter 4: Prey Selection in Web-Building Spiders and Evolution of Prey Defenses”, in David L. Evans, Justin O. Schmidt, editors, Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and...
    Synonyms:
    mimetid

Questions about pirate spiders

What is pirate spiders the plural of?
Pirate spiders is the plural of pirate spider.

Words near pirate spiders in the dictionary

  1. pirate ship
  2. pirate ships
  3. pirate shirt
  4. pirate shirts
  5. pirate spider
  6. pirate spiders
  7. piratebush
  8. pirated
  9. piratelike
  10. pirately
  11. pirater

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