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Glossary
abdomen: The soft-skinned, back part of a palps: Short armlike structures that a
spider’s body. spider uses to feel its way around.
armor: A tough outer covering that prey: An animal that is attacked and
protects the body. eaten by another animal.
code: A secret language that is replica: An exact copy that may be a
understood only by those who know different size.
how it works.
sac: A baglike container designed to hold
courtship: Behavior used by a male or something, such as eggs.
female to attract a mate.
scent: A strong smell.
fangs: Special teeth that, in spiders, spiderlings: Baby spiders.
are hollow and used to inject poison.
spinnerets: The structures on the tail
fibers: Thin single threads, like very thin end of a spider that produce silk.
fishing line.
spiral: A curved line that starts in the
glands: Structures in the body that middle and goes around and around,
produce special substances.
getting further away from the center.
molting: Shedding a tough outer venom: Any poison that is used by
skin (or hair or feathers in other animals such as spiders, wasps, and
animals).
some snakes to kill the animals that
nectar: The scented, sugary fluid they hunt.
produced by flowers to attract animals vibrations: Small, very fast movements
such as bees.
that often make a sound such as
nylon: A material that is very stretchy. buzzing.
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