spider - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • funnel: Funnel web spiders have a flat web with a tunnel at one side where the spider lurks.

Preposition: in

  • closet: Mark If homophobia is a sign of closet homosexuality, is arachnophobia a sign of being a spider in a closet?

Adjective modifier

  • venomous: Ereshkigal's words crawled over Ishtar like a venomous spider.
  • hairy: The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere.
  • poisonous: Poisonous spiders may be lurking in the most innocent of places, so be careful where you put your hands and feet.
  • recluse: For years, brown recluse spiders have been blamed for bites on humans and pets, but brown recluse spiders don't live here.
  • giant: It's got everything from how two people can become a giant spider to the best way to make huge sticky lakes of blood.
  • se: Site Map Creation The creation of a site map page enables SE spiders better crawling of your site.

Modifies a noun

  • mite: Maintain humidity to avoid red spider mite by damping down with the hosepipe.
  • crab: There were lots of spider crabs waiting to be picked up.
  • monkey: The lack of thumbs in spider monkeys is an adaptation for swinging through the trees.
  • naevus: He has a few spider naevi on his anterior chest wall.
  • vein: Scientific research has not come up with all the reasons why spider veins occur.
  • silk: Some spiders may consume it, for the protein in spider silk is not to be wasted.

Noun used with modifier

  • tarantula: I owned a tarantula spider until it went to the big cobweb in the sky a few years ago.
  • fen: In 1981 the fen raft spider became one of the 23 species of arthropod protected in Britain by the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
  • wincy: They have also created a cute Nursery range with classics such as ' Twinkle Twinkle little star ' and ' Incy Wincy spider ' .
  • incy: They have also created a cute Nursery range with classics such as ' Twinkle Twinkle little star ' and ' Incy Wincy spider ' .
  • wolf: Occasional wolf spiders ( Pardosa sp. and Hogna sp.
  • orb: One of our least cuddly animals, the golden orb spider has become a mother.

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