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cross_spider
cross spider
English
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a cross spider
Alternative forms
- cross-spider
Noun
cross spider (plural cross spiders)
- 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.
- 1960, AM Holt, translating Gottfried Keller, Green Henry, Calder Publications 2010, p. 69:
Translations
European garden spider — see European garden spider