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Spiders
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| camouflaged | hidden by blending into the surroundings |
| dribbles | flows or trickles from |
| extraordinary | very unusual; remarkable |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals in order to live. |
| prey | An animal that is hunted or killed by other animals for food. |
| poisonous | Harmful; Containing a substance that harms or kills by chemical action. |
| vibrations | Rapid, continuous movements back and forth and up and down. |
| pounce | To leap or jump suddenly and take hold of. |
| adaptations | Special ways that animals have to survive. |
| spinnerets | spiders use these to make silk |
| pedipalps | Short arms spiders use to hold prey |
| cephalothorax | the head part of the spider; contains legs, eyes, fangs, brain stomach |
| abdomen | contains the spider's heart and spinnerets |
| legs | spiders have 8 |
| eyes | most spiders have 8, but some have none if they live in caves |
| feet | organs on these help spiders smell and taste |
| chitin | the tough skin of a spider - its personal body armor |
| molt | when the spider sheds its old skin |
| silk | used for egg sacks, building webs, wrapping prey, and draglines |