hunting spider
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The movement caught the great, gleaming eyes of an immense brown hunting spider who chanced at that moment to be prowling down the underside of the roof.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
A large hunting spider, creeping among the grass and weeds, discovered the handsome cluster of the sarracenia.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Were this little-known crawler as large as the common black hunting spider of our gardens and lawns, its bite would be almost invariably fatal.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
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