Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cobweb spider

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: cob-we-b spi-der
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.

Inflected Forms

cobweb spiders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

funnel-web spider purseweb spider scaffold web spider pan-web spider tube-web spider orb-web spider

Synonyms

tangle web spider tangle-web spider comb-footed spider

Questions

What does cobweb spider mean?: Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.

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