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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Spider web

/spīd'-ẽr wĕb/ · Spi·der web · IPA
01 The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometr…
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    The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey; -- also called cobweb. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.(Zool.) Also: cobweb See: Geometric, Triangle