banana spider

English

Noun

banana spider (plural banana spiders)

  1. Any spider that resembles or lives among bananas:
    1. In Cupiennius, of South and Central America
    2. In Phoneutria, a South and Central American genus of extremely venomous spiders
    3. A golden silk orb-weaver, of genus Nephila, a widespread genus of large but rather harmless spiders, noted for their large durable webs
    4. Argiope appensa, a black and yellow spider on several islands in the Western Pacific Ocean
    5. Trichonephila clavipes, indigenous to continental North and South America

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