spitting spider

spitting spider

English

a spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica

Noun

spitting spider (plural spitting spiders)

1. Any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them.

Translations

spider from the family Scytodidae

Dutch: lijmspuiter German: Speispinne f, Leimschleuderspinne f

Navajo: naʼashjéʼii adizhahí Russian: пау́к-плева́ка m (paúk-pleváka)

Further reading

• spitting spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scytodidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scytodidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• National Geographic video of spitting spider