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Definition spider in British English

spider noun

[countable] noun
/ˈspaɪdə(r)/
1

a small creature with eight legs that usually weaves a web to catch insects

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2

a program that searches for new websites on the Internet and builds them into a database that users can use to find documents containing a particular word, phrase or subject

Definition spider in British English