noun
- Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey.
- 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.
- synonyms: wanderer
- A skillet made of cast iron. .
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