HyperDic: hunting_spider

English > 1 sense of the expression hunting spider:
NOUNanimalhunting spider, wolf spiderground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
English > hunting spider: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web.
Synonymwolf spider
Member ofLycosidae, family Lycosidaewolf spiders
NarrowerEuropean wolf spider, tarantula, Lycosa tarentulalarge southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
Broaderspiderpredatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body
Spanishlicósido

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