Spiderdom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a spider; or, spiders in general. uncountable

    "The spider will sacrifice her life rather than surrender her yet unhatched brood to the spoiler, and her young she often carries upon her person, and sees that they are trained and nurtured in all the ways of spiderdom."

Example

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"The spider will sacrifice her life rather than surrender her yet unhatched brood to the spoiler, and her young she often carries upon her person, and sees that they are trained and nurtured in all the ways of spiderdom."

Etymology

From spider + -dom.

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