Usually means: Trickster spider from Caribbean folklore.
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noun:  (Jamaica) A nonpoisonous spider, daddy longlegs.
noun:  Alternative form of Anansi. [A trickster spider (though sometimes taking human form), one of the primary characters in West African and Caribbean folklore.]

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