Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barking spider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: bark-ing spi-der
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian spider, Selenocosmia crassipes, which makes a "hissing" sound (stridulation) when disturbed.

noun

An instance of audible flatulence; a fart.

Humorous

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

barking spiders (plural)

Questions

What does barking spider mean?: An Australian spider, Selenocosmia crassipes, which makes a "hissing" sound (stridulation) when disturbed.

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