1. Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey 
2. A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
   - wanderer 
3. A skillet made of cast iron

Derived forms: spiders

See also: spidery

Type of: arachnid, arachnoid, computer program, computer programme [Brit], frying pan, frypan [N. Amer], program, programme [Brit, Cdn], skillet [N. Amer]

Part of: Araneae, Araneida, order Araneae, order Araneida

Encyclopedia: Spider

• slit lamp
• slit trench
• slither
• slithering
• slithery
• sliver
• slivery
• slivovitz
• Slo-Bid
• Sloane Ranger
• Sloanea
• Sloanea jamaicensis
• slob
• slobber
• slobber over
• slobberer
• slobbish
• sloe
• sloe gin
• sloe-eyed
• slog
• slogan
• sloganeer
• sloganeering
• slogger