spider orchis (spider or kis)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1897 · p. 71
A European orchid, Ophrys aranifera. It has an erect stem from 9 to 18 inches high, with a few leaves near the base, and a loose spike of few small flowers with broad dull-brown lip and parts so shaped and arranged as somewhat to resemble IMG:content-1742.png:[graphic] male. chick. [Local, British.] spider-eater (spider-ē"tér), n. Same as spider catcher (b). I obtained an interesting bird, a green species of Spi der- eater . H. O. Forbes , Eastern Archipelago, p. 233. [ spider + -ed2.] In spide red (spi'dėrd), a . fested with spiders; cobwebbed. [Rare.] Content can visit the poor spidered room. Wolcot (Peter Pindar), p. 39. ( Davies .)
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