cross spider

noun

cross spider

noun

Etymology From cross + spider, from the common marking found on their backs.

1

The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).

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, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 69:

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