comb-footed spider

comb-footed spider
any member of the family Theridiidae.

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  • comb-footed spider — /kohm foot id/ any of numerous spiders constituting the family Theridiidae, having a comblike row of bristles on the tarsi of the hind legs. * * * also called  cobweb weaver   any member of the spider family Theridiidae (order Araneida). The more …   Universalium

  • comb-footed spider — noun spider having a comb like row of bristles on each hind foot • Syn: ↑theridiid • Hypernyms: ↑spider • Member Holonyms: ↑Theridiidae, ↑family Theridiidae * * * /kohm foot id/ any of numerous spiders constituting the family Theri …   Useful english dictionary

  • comb-footed spider — noun a kind of spider that has bristles on its hind feet are comb shaped <!do spiders have hind feet or just feet ? …   Wiktionary

  • comb-footed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective of a spider : having calamistra …   Useful english dictionary

  • spider — spiderless, adj. spiderlike, adj. /spuy deuhr/, n. 1. any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 2. (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or… …   Universalium

  • cobweb spider — noun Any spider of the world spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the forth leg. Syn: tangle web spider, tangle web spider, comb footed spider …   Wiktionary

  • Tangle web spider — Taxobox name = Tangle web spiders image width = 250px image caption = Steatoda bipunctata fossil range = Cretaceous [Grimaldi,D.A. et al. Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological… …   Wikipedia

  • Theridiidae — Tangle web spiders Temporal range: Cretaceous[1] present Enoplognatha ovata[2] …   Wikipedia

  • theridiid — noun spider having a comb like row of bristles on each hind foot • Syn: ↑comb footed spider • Hypernyms: ↑spider • Member Holonyms: ↑Theridiidae, ↑family Theridiidae * * * I. thəˈridēə̇d, | …   Useful english dictionary

  • Steatoda grossa — male Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

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