nursery web spider

noun

Any spider, from the family Pisauridae, that builds a "tent" in which the eggs are hatched.

Meanings

nounnursery web spider (plural nursery web spiders)

plural nursery web spiders

  1. Any spider, from the family Pisauridae, that builds a "tent" in which the eggs are hatched.

Translations

Dutch kraamwebspin
  • kraamwebspinspider
Finnish kiitohämähäkki
  • kiitohämähäkkispider
French araignée à œuf
  • araignée à œufspider
German Raubspinne
  • Raubspinnespider
Polish darownik, bagnik
  • darownikspider
  • bagnikspider
Russian пау́к-пизау́рид
  • пау́к-пизау́рид (paúk-pizaúrid)spider
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