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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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spiracle

Animals; Spiders

The opening of the tracheae on the underside of the abdomen.

stadium

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The interval between the molts of arthropods; instar; a period in the development of an arthropod.

sternum

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The heart-shaped or oval exoskeletal shield covering the under surface of the cephalothorax.

stridulating organ

Animals; Spiders

A file-and-scraper for sound production; may be variously located on chelicerae, palps, legs, abdomen and carapace.

subadult

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Almost adult; the last instar before maturity.

synonym

Animals; Spiders

Each of two or more scientific names of the same rank used to denote the same taxon. The senior synonym is the name first established.

tarsus

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The most distal (or end) segment of a leg or palp.

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