könguló

See also: kónguló

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• kónguló

Etymology

Altered from an earlier köngurófa, from Old Norse kǫngurváfa (whose first element is from Proto-Germanic *kangura-). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰøyŋkʏ(ˌ)louː/

  Rhymes: -ouː

Noun

könguló f (genitive singular köngulóar, nominative plural köngulær)

1. a spider; (any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey)
2. (computing, Internet) a web crawler, a spider; (software that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links)

Synonyms

• (Internet: web crawler): vefskriðill, vefkönguló, skriðill

Further reading

• könguló