| abdomen
(noun) |
the
posterior (rearmost) segment of a spider's body, containing most
of the internal organs |
| appendage
(noun) |
a
limb or other part coming off the main body of a creature |
| arachnids
(noun) |
members
of the scientific class Arachnida in the phylum Arthropoda; arachnids
have no antennae, two main body sections, and four pairs of legs
attached to the first section; includes spiders, mites, ticks, and
scorpions |
| arthopods
(noun) |
classification
of invertebrates (without a spine) with segmented bodies and jointed
legs; includes spiders, insects, and crustaceans |
| ballooning
(noun) |
the
process in which the wind catches silk threads the spiderlings have
spun and floats the spiderlings away over a large territory |
|
cephalothorax
(noun)
|
the combination
head and thorax (also called the prosoma
|
| chelicerae
(Latin noun, pl.) |
a
pair of appendages on a spider, used as fangs |
| egg
case (noun) |
silk
case created by a female spider to protect her eggs |
| orb
web (noun) |
a
web constructed of silk strands in concentric spirals on a spoked
framework |
| pedicel
(noun) |
the
narrow stalk that joins the prosoma (head/thorax) to the abdomen |
| pedipalps
(noun) |
a
pair of appendages near the spider's mouth that function as a sense
organ or to grasp |
| prosoma
(Latin noun) |
also
called cephalothorax, it is the front body section of an arachnid,
a combination of head and thorax |
| spinnerets
(noun) |
the
silk-releasing organs of a spider |
| spiderlings
(noun) |
spiders
that have just hatched |
