Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any arthropod in the taxonomic class Pycnogonida.

  2. Any marine animal whose appearance suggests a spider.

  3. Any marine animal whose appearance suggests a spider.

    A spider crab.

    Asselspinne

More definitions
  • any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Sea spiders are not arachnids, but close relatives of them.

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Translations

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sea spider:

Forms

plural: sea spiders

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs:pycnogonid

See also

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