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Spiders Word Search

Every spider has eight legs and makes silk, though many hunt on foot instead of building a web. Their bodies come with a vocabulary of their own, from spinneret to cephalothorax.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • arachnid
  • black widow
  • egg sac
  • fangs
  • jumping
  • legs
  • molting
  • orb weaver
  • prey
  • silk
  • spinneret
  • tarantula
  • venom
  • web
  • wolf spider

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Words in the Spiders word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

web
Silk trap many spiders build to catch flying insects.
silk
Strong thread a spider produces from its body.
legs
A spider has eight, all joined to the front body section.
fangs
Pointed mouthparts that pierce prey and deliver venom.
venom
Fluid that stops prey moving and starts digesting it.
prey
The insects and small animals a spider eats.
egg sac
Silk bundle holding a spider's eggs.
arachnid
Group of eight-legged animals that includes spiders and scorpions.
tarantula
Large hairy spider that lives on the ground.
molting
Shedding the old hard skin in order to grow.
jumping
Small spider with big eyes that leaps onto prey.
orb weaver
Spider that builds the round wheel-shaped web.
black widow
Shiny black spider with a red hourglass underneath.
wolf spider
Hunting spider that carries its young on its back.
spinneret
Nozzle at the rear that spins out silk thread.
abdomen
Rear body section holding the silk glands.
huntsman
Large flat fast spider that hunts without a web.
recluse
Brown spider marked with a violin shape on its back.
trapdoor
Spider that hides in a burrow under a hinged lid.
pedipalp
Short leg-like feeler beside a spider's mouth.

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