Spiders

Spiders

Any arachnid of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax with eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers as well as an unsegmented abdomen with several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

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trochanter

Animals; Spiders

The second segment of the leg or palp, counting from the body.

ventral

Animals; Spiders

Pertaining to the underside of a spider.

zygote

Animals; Spiders

The fertilized egg of a spider.

cribellum

Animals; Spiders

A spinning organ just in front of the spinners which appears as a transverse plate. Only present in cribellate spiders, which also have a calamistrum.