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SEA SPIDER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea spider mean?

• SEA SPIDER (noun)
The noun SEA SPIDER has 1 sense:

1. any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

Familiarity information: SEA SPIDER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEA SPIDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pycnogonid; sea spider

Hypernyms ("sea spider" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Holonyms ("sea spider" is a member of...):

order Pycnogonida; Pycnogonida (sea spiders)

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