house spider
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If you find a spider in your bathtub or near your sink, it’s probably a house spider trying to get a drink, says Crawford, since water sources inside the home are few and far between.
From National Geographic • Jan. 12, 2024
In Britain, the biggest house spider has a body nearly an inch long, and, counting the legs, is four inches across.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only mouse ever recorded as caught and killed by a spider was the victim of a house spider.
From Time Magazine Archive
She likes to sniff out joy and squash it like a house spider.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
When we got to the ninth little white house spider, I was still flipping, but I was doing it silently.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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