SPIDER
NOUNS
► AERONAUT a gossamer spider which floats on films → 1845
► ALLY-LONG-LEGS the ‘daddy-long-legs’ or crane-fly → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARACHNEPHOBIA an abnormal fear of spiders → 1991 (Bk.)
► ARAIN a spider; a cobweb → 1691 Eng. dial.
► ARANEOLOGY the study of spiders → 1884
► ATTER a spider → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ATTERCAP ► ATTERCOB ► ATTERCOP a spider → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BITIES a collective term for spiders, snakes, scorpions, etc. → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BORIS a daddy longlegs → 2012 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAPPER a spider → 1825 Sc.
► DADDY a daddy-longlegs → 1899 Amer. dial.
► DADDY BUG a daddy-longlegs → 1859 Amer. dial.
► EARTH-SPIDER the tarantula → 1883
► EDDER-COP ► EDDERCROP ► EDDICOP ► EDDICROP ► EDDYCROP a spider → 1742 Eng. dial.
► ETTERCAP ► ETTERCROP a spider → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FATHER LONGLEGS a daddy longlegs → 1792
► HARRY-LONG-LEGS the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs → 1781
► HATTER-CROPPER a spider; hence, a small, insignificant person → 1742 Eng. dial.
► HEDIKROP a spider → 1854 Eng. dial.
► JAYHAWKER a tarantula → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► JENNY-LONG-LEGS a daddy-long-legs → 1901 Sc. (Bk.)
► JENNY-SPINNER the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs → 1817
► KATIE-LAILIE ► KATIE-LAYLIE a daddy-long-legs → 1931 Sc.
► LEATHERJACK a daddy longlegs → 1911 Amer. dial.
► LEATHER-JACKET a daddy longlegs → 1905 Amer. dial.
► LOB a spider → c1000 obs.
► LONG-LEGGED SPIDER a daddy-longlegs → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LONGLEGS a daddy-longlegs → 1911 Amer. dial.
► MERRY WIDOW the black widow spider → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MICHAELMAS GNAT the daddy-longlegs → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONEY-SPINNER a spider; if you don’t hurt or kill them, they’ll bring good luck → 1884 Amer. dial.
► MOSKEET SPIDER a daddy longlegs → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NAPLES SPIDER the tarantula → 1840
► NET a spider’s web → c1000
► NETHER-CROP a spider → 1896 N. Eng. dial.
► NETTERCAP a spider → 1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► NETTERIE ► NETTRIE a spider; a daddy-long-legs → 1874 Sc.
► PRIVY SPIDER the black widow spider → 1938 Amer. dial.
► SANTAPEE a scorpion → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SCARAPIN ► SCORRIPIN a scorpion → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SCRONCHER a scorpion → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SHEPHERD SPIDER a daddy longlegs → 1858 Amer. dial.
► SIT BESIDE ‘ER a spider → Brit. rhyming sl.
► SPINCOP a spider → 1474 obs.
► TAILOR a daddy-long-legs → 1840
► TAILOR-TARTAN a daddy-long-legs or crane-fly → 1896 Eng. dial.
► TAKER the nippers or claws of a scorpion, etc. → 1608 obs.
► TARENTINE SPIDER the tarantula → 1668 obs.
► TEXAS STRONGBACK a scorpion → 1984 Amer. dial.
► THUMMEL-SPIDER a large spider → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOMMY-LONG-LEGS the daddy-longlegs → 1863
► TRANTLER a tarantula → 1923 Amer. dial.
► VAMPIRE the tarantula spider → 1843
► VIOLIN SPIDER a recluse spider → 1963 Amer. dial.
► WABSTER a spider → 1788 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ARANEOLOGIST one versed in the study of spiders → 1875
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