Spider vs. Centipede

Spider vs. Centipede — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Spider and Centipede

Spidernoun

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

Centipedenoun

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

Spidernoun

(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

Centipedenoun

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs

Spidernoun

A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

Spidernoun

(slang) A spindly person.

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Spidernoun

(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.

Spidernoun

A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.

Spidernoun

A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.

Spidernoun

(cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer

Spidernoun

A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached

Spidernoun

(slang) Heroin (street drug).

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Spidernoun

(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.

Spidernoun

A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.

Spidernoun

(sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard

Spiderverb

To move like a spider.

Spiderverb

To cover a surface like a cobweb.

Spiderverb

To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

Spidernoun

predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

Spidernoun

a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

Spidernoun

a skillet made of cast iron