Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wandering spider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: wan-der-ing spi-der
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any spider of the family Ctenidae, some of which have a reputation of being extremely aggressive.

Example Sentences

"Wandering spiders generally attack large insects or other arthropods such as harvestmen, but some prefer to hunt vertebrates (animals with backbones). Some large species of wandering spiders are expert frog hunters."
"ln South America, wandering spiders in the genus Phoneutria (family Ctenidae) are also rightly feared."
"Unlike the bite of the black widow, the bite of the wandering spider is immediately painful and the victim can go into shock.[…]A bite from a wandering spider should be treated as a medical emergency as the patient will need antivenin as soon as possible."

Inflected Forms

wandering spiders (plural)

Synonyms

running spider

Questions

What does wandering spider mean?: Any spider of the family Ctenidae, some of which have a reputation of being extremely aggressive.

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