cross spider

English
a cross spider

Alternative forms
  • cross-spider

Etymology

From cross + spider, from the common marking found on their backs.

Noun

cross spider (plural cross spiders)

  1. The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
    • 1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 69:
      I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing.

Translations
European garden spider — see European garden spider
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