Meaning

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

  2. Any of various other spiders of the family Dysderidae.

Forms

plural: woodlouse spiders

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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