Etymology

Nosferatu spider

Today it means: Zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe. Full definition →

German Nosferatu-Spinne
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  1. German · calque ofNosferatu-Spinne
  2. English todayNosferatu spider

Calque of German Nosferatu-Spinne. Named for the resemblance of its markings to the vampire Count Orlok from the 1922 movie Nosferatu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.