Definition of cobweb weaver
:comb-footed spider
- Cobwebs are a sign that web-building spiders of the family Theridiidae, more commonly called comb-footed spiders, or cobweb weavers, have invaded the house.
- —Victoria Dickenson and Jeff Harrison, The Ottawa (Ontario) Citizen, 10 Oct. 1993
- He told me that cobweb spiders (and a few of their relatives) hurl huge droplets of sticky silk to attack their prey.
- —Sue Hubbell, Smithsonian, May 1996
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