"cross spider" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross spiders [plural]
Etymology: From cross + spider, from the common marking found on their backs. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross spider (plural cross spiders)
  1. The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus). Categories (lifeform): Araneoid spiders Synonyms: cross-spider
    Sense id: en-cross_spider-en-noun-MsJEADEx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 69:",
          "text": "I gazed at the defenceless captives with a shuddering sense of security, until one day a cross-spider broke out of its cage and ran furiously over my hands and clothing.",
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