English

Misumena vatia, a flower crab spider.

Alternative forms

• crabspider

Noun

crab spider ‎(plural crab spiders)

1. Any species of the family Thomisidae, spiders that hunt in flowers.
   • 2012, Jean Clobert, Michel Baguette, Tim G. Benton, Dispersal Ecology and Evolution:

     In temperate regions, these comprise predominantly the adults of smaller money spiders (Linyphiidae) or the juveniles of larger wolf— and crabspiders (Lycosidae, Thomisidae).

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• crispbread, crisp bread, præscrib'd, spider crab