comb-footed spider

noun

A spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.

Similar
tangle-web spidercobweb spidertheridiid

Meanings

nouncomb-footed spider (plural comb-footed spiders)

plural comb-footed spiders

  1. A spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.

    Synonyms: tangle-web spider, cobweb spider

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA spider of the family Theridiidae, which have comb-like structures on their hind-most feet.

Similar
tangle-web spidercobweb spider

More synonyms by meaning

nounspider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot

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Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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