English Explanatory Dictionary

Nosferatu spider

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Zoropsis spinimana, a relatively large hunting spider originally from southern Europe.

Word forms

Nosferatu spider Nosferatu spiders

Etymology

Calque of German Nosferatu-Spinne. Named for the resemblance of its markings to the vampire Count Orlok from the 1922 movie Nosferatu.

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