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true spider

true spider noun: any of the infraorder Araneomorphae of spiders, distinguishable from the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and kin) by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action instead of pointing straight down.

Noun

true spider (plural true spiders)

  1. Any of the infraorder Araneomorphae of spiders, distinguishable from the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and kin) by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action instead of pointing straight down.

Forms of true spider

pluraltrue spiders

Questions about true spider

What does true spider mean?
True spider means any of the infraorder Araneomorphae of spiders, distinguishable from the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and kin) by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action instead of pointing straight down.
What part of speech is true spider?
True spider is a noun.
What is the plural of true spider?
The plural of true spider is true spiders.

Words near true spider in the dictionary

  1. true seals
  2. true sole
  3. true soles
  4. true sparrow
  5. true sparrows
  6. true spider
  7. true spiders
  8. true strain
  9. true strains
  10. true stress
  11. true stresses

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