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house spider

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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“It’s a little white house spider. Hold out your hand.”

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When we got to the ninth little white house spider, I was still flipping, but I was doing it silently.

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It wasn’t a little white house spider.

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It was a little white house spider.

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