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Meaning of "jumping spider" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JUMPING SPIDER

jumping spider


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUMPING SPIDER

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Jumping spider is a noun.
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WHAT DOES JUMPING SPIDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jumping spider

The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems. Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes with one pair being their particularly large anterior median eyes.

Definition of jumping spider in the English dictionary

The definition of jumping spider in the dictionary is any spider of the family Salticidae, esp Attulus saltator, that catch their prey by hunting and can jump considerable distances.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUMPING SPIDER

jumped-up · jumper · jumper cable · jumper cables · jumper lead · jumpier · jumpiest · jumpily · jumpiness · jumping bean · jumping gene · jumping jack · jumping mouse · jumping plant louse · jumping rope · jumping-off place · jumping-off point · jumpingly · jumpsuit · jumpy

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUMPING SPIDER

aider · bird spider · black widow spider · cardinal spider · collider · consider · diadem spider · house spider · hunting spider · insider · money spider · provider · red spider · redback spider · rider · sea spider · spider · trap-door spider · water spider · wolf spider

Synonyms and antonyms of jumping spider in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jumping spider» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JUMPING SPIDER

Find out the translation of jumping spider to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jumping spider from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jumping spider» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

跳蛛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

araña de salto
570 millions of speakers
en

English

jumping spider
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कूद मकड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القفز العنكبوت
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

прыжки паук
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

aranha saltando
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জাম্পিং মাকড়সা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

araignée sauteuse
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Melompat labah-labah
190 millions of speakers
de

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Springspinnen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ハエトリグモ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

점프 거미
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nglompati laba-laba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhảy nhện
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சிலந்தி குதித்தல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कोळी जंपिंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Atlama örümceği
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

salto ragno
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skoki pająk
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрибки павук
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sărind păianjen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jumping αράχνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spring spinnekop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoppning spindel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoppe edderkopp
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUMPING SPIDER»

Discover the use of jumping spider in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jumping spider and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Jumping Spider
This book will teach readers about these amazingly athletic spiders and the ways in which they live and hunt.
Alice B. McGinty, 2005
2
Jumping Spider
David M. Schwartz Elaine Pascoe, Sue Lewis. Spiders cannot chew, so they turn their prey into soup! A jumping spider sinks its fangs into a fly and injects a poison that kills the fly. Then it pumps in special juices that turn the fly's insides to a ...
David M. Schwartz, Elaine Pascoe, Sue Lewis, 1999
3
Jumping Spiders: Gold-Medal Stalkers
What arachnid can jump up to 40 times its body length? It's a jumping spider! In this book, you will learn how jumping spiders are similar to and different from other arachnids.
Sandra Markle, 2012
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Jumping Spiders
Life Cycle of a Jumping Spider 18 19 Growing Up Spiderlings stay in the egg sac after they hatch. The mother spider brings food to her young. After a few weeks, the spiderlings leave the sac. They find homes and hunt on their own.
Joanne Mattern, 2010
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Jumping Spiders
Males and females often look very different, even when they are the same kind of jumping spider. The Jumping spiders have been found on Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world! male may be skinnier and have brighter colors.
Lynette Robbins, 2011
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Erica (Jumping Spider)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Erica is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Wildlife of Bahrain
Jumping spider Yellow scorpion J — *-"" М"Ч ' • ' m. 5. Insects and Arachnids has eyes arranged in a pattern typical of wolf spiders world-wide. The second row has two large central eyes which look forward from its rather elevated head thus ...
‎2003
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A Spider's Life
Provides information on spiders in general by looking at the specific example of jumping spiders.
Ellen Lawrence, 2012
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The Life Cycle of a Spider
When they sense prey nearby, they follow it until they can grab it or pounce on it. Hunting spiders have good vision. They usually have many large eyes. The green lynx spider will soon catch and eat the jumping spider. Spiders are always on ...
Bobbie Kalman, Kathryn Smithyman, 2002
10
Nature's Artistry
There is also the Jumping Spider that is only a fifth of an inch long, but can jump 40 times is body length. We would have to jump the length of several basketball courts in one leap to mimic such. These spiders leap and snatch insects out of ...
Brent E. Parschauer, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUMPING SPIDER»

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Venomous wolf spider discovered living under shower leaves care …
Their eight eyes - two large and six small - give them the third best eyesight of all the arachnid species, beaten only by the jumping spider and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
SDCC '15: Marvel - Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
Spider-Man 2099 up next, Amanat notes that Kris Anka did the redesigned suit. This is a time-jumping Spider-Man as the future isn't right, so is ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
3
Share your masterpiece macro photos
However this little jumping spider - seen here sitting on the end of a ... There are over 150 species of jumping spider (Salticidae) in New ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
Jumping spiders are 'mosquito terminators'
Two types of jumping spiders are actually “mosquito assassins,” according to a new review in the Journal of Arachnology. The two ... «RedOrbit, Jul 15»
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Don't assume that scrapping planning laws will get more houses …
... wildlife: two evocatively named species – the Streaked Bombadier Beetle and the Distinguished Jumping Spider – entirely depend on them. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Dog Tales Dealing with reactive dogs
My response to seeing a large, jumping spider is visceral and it's automatic. I do not have the ability to metacognate about the situation. «Monadnock Ledger Transcript, Jul 15»
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Mark Podolski: Bonding with my son takes me down one strange …
... watching contestants try to complete a series of obstacle courses such as the Warped Wall, the Jumping Spider and ... well, you get the point. «News-Herald.com, Jul 15»
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In UConn transfer Terrence Samuel, Penn State gets tough, defense …
... Samuel was a dynamo, pressing the perimeter, harassing the Gators on double-teams like a jumping spider hopping around a screen door. «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
9
New US TV shows to look forward to this summer
Want to see the mating dance of the astoundingly colourful Australian peacock jumping spider? Of course you do, and here's your chance ... «The National, Jun 15»
10
True bugs, flies and other insects
... able to look into the secret lives of a rare moth, defensive beetle, tadpole shrimp, jumping spider and a pygmy 'moth' that is really a butterfly. «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
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