Meanings
- uncountableThe condition of being a spider; or, spiders in general.
While some people run in horror from tarantulas (found in hot, desert climes), the big boy of spiderdom is not aggressive.
2000, Mark B. Charlton, The Great American Bathroom Reader, page 412 more examples
The spider will sacrifice her life rather than surrender her yet unhatched brood to the spoiler, and her young she often carries upon her person, and sees that they are trained and nurtured in all the ways of spiderdom.
1860, “Animal Instinct and Reason”, in The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, volume 17, page 128It's no use arguing with Mother Nature over such crass methods, for the history of spiderdom would long since have come to an end without them.
1965, Hanns Reich, Baby Animals and Their Mothers, page 7
Origin
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spiderdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiderdom
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