spider
(spaɪdəʳ )
Word forms: spiders
countable noun B1
A spider is a small creature with eight legs. Most types of spider make structures called webs in which they catch insects for food.
What if a spider comes into the room?
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Collocations:
fear of spiders spider venom venomous spider
The surprise to anyone who shared his outdoors lifestyle was an acute fear of spiders.
Times, Sunday Times
It's also likely that she has cured her long-standing fear of spiders.
Times, Sunday Times
They range from a fear of spiders or dentists to the more bizarre - some people are afraid of buttons or knees.
The Sun
But she was spared a jail sentence yesterday because her 'blind panic' was caused by arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.
The Sun
Fear of spiders was the most common - shared by 38 per cent.
The Sun
The fight against malaria has been given a significant boost after scientists made a genetically modified fungus containing spider venom and found that it wiped out disease-carrying mosquitoes within days.
Times, Sunday Times
It was found to enhance the lethal efficacy of the spider venom by acting together with oxyopinins.
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Each vial of the product contains 125 units of antivenom which has been standardized to neutralize 1.25 mg of funnel web spider venom.
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Most primates, including humans, appear to be extremely sensitive to the funnel web spiders venom.
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In various combinations and concentrations, medically significant spider venoms include necrotic agents, neurotoxins, and pharmacologically active compounds such as serotonin.
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A giant venomous spider is feared to be on the loose in a suburb.
The Sun (2009)
No venomous spider will charge or jump at you to bite, as they do in horror movies.
The Sun (2009)
Two schools have been forced to close after becoming infested with venomous spiders.
The Sun (2015)
Translations:
Chinese: 蜘蛛
Japanese: クモ 動物
- get a foot in the door
- get a good press
- get a grip
- get a grip on something
- get a grip on yourself
- get ahead
- get a high
- get ahold of oneself
- get ahold of sb
- get ahold of sb/sth/ grab ahold of sb/sth
- get ahold of sth
- get airplay
- get a jump on
- get a jump on/get the jump on
- get a jump on someone
- getake the measure of sb
- getake the measure of sth
- get a laugh
- get a life
- get a life
- get a line on someone
- get along
- get a lot of stick
- get a move on
- get a move on