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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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Sclerite

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Any separate sclerotized structure connected to other structures by membranes.

Scopula

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A brush of hairs on the underside of the tarsus and metatarsus in some spiders.

Scutum

Animals; Spiders

A hard, often shiny, sclerotized plate on the abdomen of some spiders.

Procurved

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Curved as an arc having its ends ahead of its center.

Proximal

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Pertaining to the inner end; closest to the body or point of attachment.

Recurved

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Curved as an arc having its ends behind its center.

Scape

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A finger-, tongue-, or lip-like projection from the midline of the female epigyne.

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