Word History Etymology Middle English spyder, alteration of spithre; akin to Old English spinnan to spin First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Time Traveler The first known use of spider was in the 15th century See more words from the same century ...
Word History Etymology Middle English spyder, alteration of spithre; akin to Old English spinnan to spin First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Time Traveler The first known use of spider was in the 15th century See more words from the same century ...
Spanishganso"goose" is from a Germanic source. Loss of "n" sound before "s" is normal in English (comparetooth). Plural formgeeseis an example ofi-mutation. Meaning "simpleton, silly or foolish person" is from early 15c. Tocook (one's) gooseis attested by 1845, of unknown origin; at...
"spinner," from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin" + formative or agential… See origin and meaning of spider.
Names in other languages[edit]Language Name Meaning Japanese おおぐもモンスター[?]Ōgumo monsutā Giant-Spider monster タランチュラス[1]Taranchurasu Tarantulus French Araignée bottée[?] Botted Spider Italian Aracnoticus[?] - Spanish Aracnólida[?] - ...
Names in other languages[edit]Language Name Meaning Japanese スパイダーカイト[?]Supaidā Kaito Spider Kite Chinese 蜘蛛滑翔翼[?]Zhīzhū huáxiángyì Spider Glider French Aile araignée[?] Spider Wing German Arachno-Gleiter[?] Arachno Glider Italian Aracnoplano[?] From the prefix aracno-...
🕷Meaning and Description Meet the Spider Emoji 🕷, showing a creature known for its crafty web-building skills and its place in various cultural myths and fables around the world. The 🕷 emoji depicts a spider, typically black or dark in color. The spider has a rounded body and ...
Kiss of the Spider Womanis a novel by Argentine writerManuel Puig. It was originally published in 1976 in Spanish and was later translated into English. In addition to the novel, the story has been adapted into a play, a musical, and a film. The film adaptation, which came out in 1985...
Although lemon is generally considered polyembryonic, meaning that alongside the zygotic embryo of sexual origin there could be one or more nucellar embryos originated from maternal tissue, there is a high variability in this trait among lemon cultivars [12]. The female parent of the population ‘...
The meaning of SPIDER is any of an order (Araneae synonym Araneida) of arachnids having a short, usually unsegmented abdomen linked to the cephalothorax by the pedicel, chelicerae modified into poison fangs, and two or more pairs of spinnerets at the pos