adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or characteristic of a spider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spideresque, spiderish, spidery
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spiderlike
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/
adjective
Meaning 2
relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arachnoid, arachnidian, spidery, spiderly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English spider Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English spiderlike From spider + -like.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 蜘蛛般 (zhīzhū bān) — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓ρᾰχνώδης (ărăkhnṓdēs) — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Polish: pająkowaty — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Portuguese: araneiforme — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Russian: паукообра́зный (paukoobráznyj) — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Swedish: spindellik — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Ottoman Turkish: عنكبوتی (ʿankebutî) — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Ukrainian: павука́стий (pavukástyj) — resembling or characteristic of a spider
- Ukrainian: павукоподі́бний (pavukopodíbnyj) — resembling or characteristic of a spider