Spiders

Spiders

Any arachnid of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax with eight legs, two poison fangs, and two feelers as well as an unsegmented abdomen with several spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

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Distal

Animals; Spiders

Pertaining to the outer end, furthest away from the body or point of attachment.

Embolus

Animals; Spiders

The structure, in the male palp, containing the terminal part of the ejaculatory duct and its opening. It may be very small, or long, whip-like or coiled and is sometimes divided into several ...

Coxa

Animals; Spiders

The segment of leg nearest the body; modified in the palp to form the maxilla.

Coxal glands

Animals; Spiders

The excretory organs of arachnids, in spiders located opposite the coxae of the first and third legs, that collect wastes into a saccule and discharge them through tubes opening behind the coxae; ...

Cribellum

Animals; Spiders

A spinning organ just in front of the spinners which appears as a transverse plate. Only present in cribellate spiders, which also have a calamistrum.