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Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

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  1. n. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
  2. n. A retiarius.
  3. a. Netlike.
  4. a. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
  5. a. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
  6. 1. (Zoöl.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. 2. A retiarius. 1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne. 2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders. 3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.
  7. n. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. n. A retiarius. a. Netlike. a. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders. a. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.