English

a cross spider

Alternative forms

• cross-spider

Noun

cross spider ‎(plural cross spiders)

1. The European garden spider, Araneus diadematus.
   • 1960, AM Holt, translating Gottfried Keller, Green Henry, Calder Publications 2010, p. 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.

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