Anaconda vs. Spider
Anacondanoun
Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft).
Spidernoun
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
Anacondanoun
A large penis.
Spidernoun
(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
Anacondaproper noun
(card games) A particular variety of stud poker.
Spidernoun
A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
Anacondanoun
A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.
Spidernoun
(slang) A spindly person.
Anacondanoun
large arboreal boa of tropical South America
Spidernoun
(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
Anaconda
Anacondas or water boas are a group of large snakes of the genus Eunectes. They are found in tropical South America.
Spidernoun
A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
Spidernoun
A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
Spidernoun
(cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
Spidernoun
A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
Spidernoun
(slang) Heroin (street drug).
Spidernoun
(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
Spidernoun
A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
Spidernoun
(sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard
Spiderverb
To move like a spider.
Spiderverb
To cover a surface like a cobweb.
Spiderverb
To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
‘The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.’;
Spidernoun
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
Spidernoun
Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).
Spidernoun
An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.
Spidernoun
A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
Spidernoun
A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
Spidernoun
predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
Spidernoun
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
Spidernoun
a skillet made of cast iron
Spidernoun
an eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs which inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects.
Spidernoun
used in names of arachnids similar or related to spiders, e.g. sea spider, sun spider.
Spidernoun
an object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.
Spidernoun
a set of radiating elastic ties used to hold a load in place on a vehicle.
Spidernoun
a long-legged rest for a billiard cue that can be placed over a ball without touching it.
Spidernoun
another term for crawler (sense 2)
Spiderverb
move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider
‘a treecreeper spidered head first down the tree trunk’;
Spiderverb
form a pattern suggestive of a spider or its web
‘a system of tunnels spider through the district’;
Spiderverb
another term for crawl (sense 4 of the verb)
‘when the search engines spider your site they'll find all of the pages’;
Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.
