banana spider

plural banana spiders

1. Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
   1. In Cupiennius, of South and Central America
   2. In Phoneutria, a South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders
   3. A golden silk orb-weaver, of genus Nephila, a widespread genus of large but rather harmless spiders, noted for their large durable webs
   4. Argiope appensa, a black and yellow spider on several islands in the Western Pacific Ocean
   5. Trichonephila clavipes, indigenous to continental North and South America