crab spider

See also: crabspider

English

a crab spider of the genus Xysticus

Alternative forms

crabspider

Noun

crab spider (plural crab spiders)

Any spider of the family Thomisidae of spiders that hunt in flowers.
- 2012, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, Dispersal Ecology and Evolution:
  In temperate regions, these comprise predominantly the adults of smaller money spiders (Linyphiidae) or the juveniles of larger wolf— and crabspiders (Lycosidae, Thomisidae).

Translations

spiders that hunt in flowers

Finnish: rapuhämähäkki
German: Krabbenspinne f
Greenlandic: aasiak assagiarsungasoq
Icelandic: krabbakónguló (is) f, krabbakönguló (is) f
Russian: пау́к-бокохо́д m (paúk-bokoxód), пау́к-краб m (paúk-krab)
Swedish: krabbspindel c
Turkish: yengeç örümceği

Further reading

crab spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thomisidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Thomisidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

crisp bread, crispbread, præscrib'd, spider crab

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