sea spider

2 definitions found

sea spider - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea spider \Sea" spi"der\ (Zool.)
     (a) Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider   crab
         , under Spider.
     (b) Any pycnogonid.
         [1913 Webster]

sea spider - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sea spider
      n 1: any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having
           small thin bodies and long slender legs [syn: sea spider,
           pycnogonid]