spider
noun
1. predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
Definition categories: animal, arachnid, arachnoid
2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
Similar word(s): wanderer
Definition categories: communication, program, programme
3. a skillet made of cast iron
verb
1. (Internet, of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
- The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.