Spider vs. Squirrel — What's the Difference?

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.

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (including groundhogs), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs amongst other rodents.

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.

Any of various arboreal rodents of the tribe Sciurini and especially of the genus Sciurus, characteristically having a long flexible bushy tail. Also called tree squirrel.

An object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.

Any of various other rodents of the family Sciuridae, such as the ground squirrels and the flying squirrels.

Another term for crawler (sense 2)

The fur of one of these rodents.

Move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider

To hide or store

Another term for crawl (sense 4 of the verb)

Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.

Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen, eight legs, two chelicerae that bear venom glands, and two or more spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.

One that resembles a spider, as in appearance, character, or movement.

One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

A program that automatically retrieves webpages and follows the links on them to retrieve more webpages. Spiders are used by search engines to retrieve publicly accessible webpages for indexing, and they can also be used to check for links to webpages that no longer exist. Also called crawler, search bot.

Someone who displays a squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.

New England, Upper Northern, & South Atlantic US See frying pan.

(transitive) To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use

A trivet.

Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridæ. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows.

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.

A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

A float drink made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

The fur of a squirrel

An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.

(slang) A spindly person.

(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.

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.

A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.

(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

(cycling) A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.

Heroin.

(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.

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.

A soft-hackle fly.

(sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.

(maths) A spider graph or spider tree.

(obsolete) A type of light phaeton.

(photography) A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.

(lawn bowls) A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.

To move like a spider.

To cover a surface like a cobweb.

To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

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.

Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

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.

A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

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.

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

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

A skillet made of cast iron