crab spider

See also: crabspider

English

Misumena vatia, a flower crab spider

Alternative forms

crabspider

Noun

crab spider (plural crab spiders)

Any species of the family Thomisidae, spiders that hunt in flowers.
- 2012, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, Dispersal Ecology and Evolution:
  In temperate regions, these comprise predominantly the adults of smaller money spiders (Linyphiidae) or the juveniles of larger wolf— and crabspiders (Lycosidae, Thomisidae).

Translations

spiders that hunt in flowers

German: Krabbenspinne f

Russian: пау́к-бокохо́д m (paúk-bokoxód), пау́к-краб m (paúk-krab)

Further reading

crab spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thomisidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thomisidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

crisp bread, crispbread, præscrib'd, spider crab

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