house spider

noun

1. any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider

Example Sentences

Her universal remedy was a large house-spider alive, and enveloped in treacle or preserve.

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Once a large house-spider suddenly and silently appeared upon the sheet that covered the breast of the dead.

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In the web of the House Spider, I make a round hole, two fingers wide.

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This is a house spider, common in America and Europe, and probably imported.

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The house-spider conceals itself in a cell, which is constructed below the web, and at a distance from it.

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