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spi·der

spider

pronunciation:: spaI dr
features:: Word Explorer

part of speech:	noun
definition:	a small animal with eight legs and a body made up of two parts. Most spiders spin webs in which they nest and catch insects to eat. Spiders are related to mites, ticks, and scorpions.

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	spiders eat
	insects
	broader categories that include spiders
	arthropod, invertebrate
	produced by spiders
	cobweb, cocoon, eggs, silk, venom
	related to spiders
	mite, scorpion, tick
	some behaviors of spiders
	courting, feeding, hunting, jumping, mating, nesting, preying, protecting, spinning, trapping, weaving, wrapping
	some examples of spiders
	black widow, tarantula
	some parts of spiders
	fangs, legs
	some places for spiders
	burrow, web

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