"metacrawler" meaning in All languages combined

See metacrawler on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metacrawlers [plural]
Etymology: meta- + crawler Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|crawler}} meta- + crawler Head templates: {{en-noun}} metacrawler (plural metacrawlers)
  1. (Internet) An application that searches the Web using existing search engines. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-metacrawler-en-noun-aU0JHQ~l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta-

Inflected forms

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