hunting spider

hunting spider

n (Animals) another name for wolf spider

Thesaurus

Noun

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hunting spider - ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a webwolf spiderspider - predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for preyfamily Lycosidae, Lycosidae - wolf spidersEuropean wolf spider, Lycosa tarentula, tarantula - large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)