cross spider

English

a cross spider

Alternative forms

  • cross-spider

Etymology

From cross + spider, from the common marking found on their backs.

Noun

cross spider (plural cross spiders)

  1. The European garden spider, Araneus diadematus.
    • 1960, AM Holt, translating Gottfried Keller, Green Henry, Calder Publications 2010, p. 69:
      I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing.

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