1. (

• spider

) predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey ;

2. (

• spider ,
• wanderer

) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine ;

3. (

• spider

) a skillet made of cast iron ;