Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woodlouse spider

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: wood-louse spi-der
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a European spider, Dysdera crocata, introduced to the United States, that feeds mainly on woodlice; it has a painful, but not normally dangerous, bite

noun

any of various other spiders of the family Dysderidae.

Inflected Forms

woodlouse spiders (plural)

Questions

What does woodlouse spider mean?: a European spider, Dysdera crocata, introduced to the United States, that feeds mainly on woodlice; it has a painful, but not normally dangerous, bite

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