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Criss-cross silky threads produced and woven by an arachnid.

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  • Then we slow down, hop off and head to what we call the spiderweb, a network of ropes and poles built to climb on.
  • A spiderweb is wrapping itself around me, moving on its own, he said with a calm unlike anything Aki had ever heard from him before.
  • The spiderweb is my fave, too, Frances, though all the shots are lovely.
  • Amanda thought this was some kind of spiderweb, but my Wreck radar is telling me it was supposed to be a mummy head.
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