Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spitting spider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: spit-ting spi-der
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.

Inflected Forms

spitting spiders (plural)

Questions

What does spitting spider mean?: Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.

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