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Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

Example: 2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.

An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.

To move like a spider.

To cover a surface like a cobweb.

(of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

Example: The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.