Usually means: Insect mimicking spider, actually fly.
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  1. spider fly: Merriam-Webster
  2. spider-fly, spider fly: Wordnik
  3. spider fly: Wiktionary
  4. spider fly: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. spider fly: Dictionary.com
  6. spider fly: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Spider fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spider fly)

▸ noun:  The louse fly or ked.

Similar:
louse fly, sandfly, deer fly, deer ked, flower fly, freeloader fly, sand fly, sheep ked, moth fly, breezefly, more...

Opposite:
arachnid, insect, bug, beetle, moth

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Similar:
louse fly, sandfly, deer fly, deer ked, flower fly, freeloader fly, sand fly, sheep ked, moth fly, breezefly, more...

Opposite:
arachnid, insect, bug, beetle, moth



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