jumping spider

noun

: any of a family (Salticidae) of small spiders that stalk and leap upon their prey

Examples of jumping spider in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Human eyes are limited to one retina each, whereas jumping spiders have multiple layers of retinas in each eye that are able to separately focus at slightly different distances – one layer might view an object in focus while another layer sees the same object, but slightly out of focus. — Shirl Leigh june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 2026

During a 2023 blitz, students discovered a completely new species of jumping spider, and then promptly found thirty more individuals from the same species across campus. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Portia is a genus of jumping spiders that can be found across Africa, Asia and Australia, and they’re known for their unsettlingly unique survival strategy: planning hunts in advance, detouring out of sight of prey and adjusting their tactics based on changing conditions. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Feb. 2026

On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl in a witch’s hat rushed toward a table piled with crystal jewelry while down the aisle a boy in a Spider-Man suit stopped to stare wide-eyed at a jumping spider crawling in a display case. — Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jumping spider

• subdivider
• cider
• cyder
• eider
• glider
• hider
• rider
• schneider
• slider
• snider
• stridor
• wider