silk spider (silk spider)

Any spider which spins a kind of silk; especially, Nephila plumipes of the southern United States, which spins co piously, and is also notable for the unusual disparity of the sexes in size. silk-spinner (silk spin"ėr), n. One who or an insect which spins silk. silktail (silk'tāl), n. [Tr. of the name Bom bycilla, q. v., or of its G. ver sion, Seiden schwanz.] Abird of the restrict ed genus Ampelis (or Bombycilla ); a waxwing, as the Bohemian or Carol in i an; cedar-bird. See cut under waxwing. IMG:content-1066.png:[ocr errors]