cross spider
English edit
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Etymology edit
From cross + spider, from the common marking found on their backs.
Noun edit
cross spider (plural cross spiders)
- The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
- 1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 69:
- I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing.
Translations edit
European garden spider — see European garden spider