单词 | money spider |
释义 | money spidern. Any of various usually small spiders that are traditionally supposed to bring financial good luck to a person over whom they crawl; esp. any tiny black spider of the large family Linyphiidae (in the United States called dwarf spider). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > miscellaneous types > aranea scenica (money-spider) money-spinner1756 money spider1826 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Aranea > suborder Labidognatha or Dipneumones > family Attidae > member of genus Salticus money spider1826 1826 Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 5 ii. 387 Several of these spiders..were transmitted to Professor Jameson. Those called ‘Money Spiders’ by the reapers in some parts of England, I presume to be the same insect. 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold 26 Huge bales dangling, like monster money-spiders from a thread. 1875 J. C. Melliss St. Helena 217 Salticus nigrolimbatus, Cambr.—The large black and white ‘Fly-catcher’ or ‘Money-spider’, as it is commonly called. 1958 W. S. Bristowe World of Spiders i. 4 Most people..hate large House Spiders (Tegenaria) in their homes but welcome tiny Money Spiders (Linyphiidae) on their clothes in the country. 1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath i. 15 He..looked at the back of his hand. ‘Well, that should be lucky, anyway. A money spider. I might win the pools this week.’ 1991 Times 10 Aug. 12/1 A male money spider robertus insignis which is only 2–3mm long, was found by Deborah Proctor in a low lying sedge bed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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