Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen, eight legs, two chelicerae that bear venom glands, and two or more spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects, A cooking-utensil having legs or feet to keep it from contact with the coals_ named from a fancied resemblance to the insect?the ordinary frying-pan is, however, sometimes erroneously termed a spider, A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached