wikipedia|Spider (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From late OE. spiþra, from spinnan (�to spin�). Cognate with German Spinne.

Pronunciation
enPR|spī'd�(r), IPA|/�spaɪd�(r)/, SAMPA|/"spaId@(r)/
:Homophones: Spyder
:Rhymes:English:-aɪd�(r)|Rhymes: -aɪd�(r)

Noun
Image:Brachypelma edit.jpg|thumb|right|150 px|A spider.
en-noun

1. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
2. internet A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
3. context|chiefly|Australian A �float�; a drink made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
4. slang A spindly person.
5. context|snooker|billiards A stick with an arch-shaped head that is used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension

Derived terms
spidery
Spider-Man

Translations
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Albanian: merimangë f
Amharic: ���� (shärärit)
Amuzgo: kítònkwé
Arabic: ARchar|ع��ب�ت (�ankabūt) m
Armenian: Õ½Õ¡Ö�Õ¤ (sard)
Basque: armiarma
Bosnian: pauk m (1)
Catalan: aranya f
Cherokee: ����� (kananesgi)
Cebuano: damang
CJKV Characters: �, �; �, �<!-- commas separate different forms of same character; semicolons separate unrelated characters -->
Chinese: �� (zhīzhū)
Cornish: kevnisenn f, kevnis m, gwiader m
Croatian: pauk m
Czech: pavouk m
Danish: edderkop m
Dutch: spin#Dutch|spin m
Erzya: �анжав (shanzhav), пондо м�ко�о (pondo mukoro)
Estonian: ämblik
Finnish: hämähäkki
French: araignée f
Georgian: ����� (oboba)
German: Spinne f
Greek: α�ά�νη (arákhni) f
Guaraní: ñandu
Hausa: gizò-gizò m, tautaù m
Hawaiian: nananana, pūn�welewele
Hindi: म�ड़ा (makda), म�ड़� (makdi) <!--The d is really a retroflex flap /ɽ�/ -->
Hungarian: pók
Ibo: ududo
Icelandic: kónguló f, könguló f
Ilocano: lawwa
Indonesian: labah
Interlingua: aranea
Italian: ragno m
Japanese: �� (��, kumo)
Kala Lagaw Ya: ma
Korean: 거미 (geomi)
Latin: aranea f
Latvian: zirneklis g|Latvian
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Lithuanian: voras m
Malay: labah-labah
Malayalam: ������ാലി (ettukaali), �ിലന�തി (chilanthi)
Manx: doo-oallee f, feeder m
Maori: puawerewere, puungaawerewere, puungaiwerewere, puuwerewere, tuuturi
Mongolian: аалз (aalz)
Nepali: (maakoora) rfscript|Devanagari
Nahuatl: tocatl
Norwegian: edderkopp m
Persian: FAchar|ع�کب�ت (�ankabut)
Polish: paj�k m
Portuguese: aranha f
Punjabi: (makkarī) rfscript|Punjabirfscript|Arabicrfscript|Devanagari
Quechua: kusikusi italbrac|small, apasanka italbrac|big
Romanian: p�ianjen m
Russian: па�к (paúk) m
Samoan: 'apog�leveleve
Scottish Gaelic: damhan-allaidh m, fìgheadair m
Slovak: pavúk m
Slovene: pajek m
Somali: caaro
Spanish: araña f
Swahili: buibui
Swedish: spindel c
Tagalog: gagambá, álalawa
Tamil: �ிலந�தி (silanti)
Telugu: సాల�డ� (saaleeDu)
Tupinambá: nhandu'ĩ
Turkish: örümcek
Twi: ananse
Vietnamese: nh�n, con nh�n
Volapük: suplaf
Welsh: corryn m, pryf copyn m
Yiddish: שפּ�� (shpin) f
Yoruba: alantakun
Yucatec: am
Zulu: ulwembu, ululwembu
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trans-top|computer program
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trans-top|drink
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trans-top|slang: a spindly person
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trans-top|Snooker spider
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Verb
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1. internet|of a computer program to follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

#: ''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

See also
arachnid
w:spider|Wikipedia article on spiders

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