Meanings
nounsea spider (plural sea spiders)
plural sea spiders · alternative sea-spider · alternative seaspider
- Any arthropod in the taxonomic class Pycnogonida.
- Any marine animal whose appearance suggests a spider.
- A spider crab.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
Similar
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish merilukki
- merilukkisea spider
French araignée de mer
- araignée de mersea spider
German Asselspinne
- Asselspinnesea spider
Polish kikutnica
- kikutnicasea spider
Cite this entry
APA
sea spider. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20spider
MLA
“sea spider.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20spider. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea spider,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20spider.
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