Spider

  • 31spider — noun 1》 an eight legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen, most kinds of which spin webs in which to capture insects. [Order Araneae.]     ↘used in names of other arachnids,… …

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  • 32spider */ — UK [ˈspaɪdə(r)] / US [ˈspaɪdər] noun [countable] Word forms spider : singular spider plural spiders 1) a small creature with eight legs that usually weaves a web to catch insects 2) computing a program that searches for new websites on the… …

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  • 33spider — see when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion if you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive …

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  • 34spider — [OE] The spider is etymologically the ‘spinner’. Its name goes back to a primitive Old English *spinthron, a derivative of the verb spinnan ‘spin’. The inspiration is the same, and much more obvious, behind other Germanic words for ‘spider’, such …

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  • 35spider — ● ►en n. m. ►INTERNET►MOTREC Signifie Araignée en anglais. moteur de recherche explorant de lui même les informations disponibles sur le Net, en sautant de lien en lien. Le premier Spider connu fut Web Crawler …

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  • 36Spider — Spi|der [ ʃpaidɐ, sp..., engl. spaidə] der; s, [s], auch die; , [s] <nach gleichbed. engl. spider, eigtl. »Spinne«>: 1. (nur der; s, :) offener [Renn]sportwagen, Roadster. 2. Suchmaschinensonderprogramm, das mithilfe von ↑Hyperlinks von… …

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  • 37Spider — Ein Spider, auch Robot oder Crawler genannt, ist eine Software, die das Netz nach neuen oder aktualisierten Webseiten durchsucht. Robots sind bei Volltext Suchmaschinen im Einsatz, die die gefundenen Seiten nach Stichwörtern in ihre Datenbank… …

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  • 38spider — spi•der [[t]ˈspaɪ dər[/t]] n. 1) ivt any of numerous predatory arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into two parts, a cephalothorax bearing eight legs, and an abdomen with silk secreting spinnerets: their webs serve as nests and… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39Spider — PodWEB Usually refered to the automated script a search engine uses to gather references to webpages. The script will follow the links to webpages, so it can be said to ‘spider’ or ‘crawl’ the web. It can make copies of the pages it finds and… …

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  • 40spider — /ˈspaɪdə / (say spuyduh) noun 1. Zoology any of the eight legged wingless, predatory, insect like arachnids which constitute the order Arachnida, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 2. any of various other arachnids …