spider web

silk structure woven by a spider, designed to catch prey
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Summary

spider web ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,074 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: spider silk[2]
  • Subclass of: bioconstruction[3], animal shelter created by an animal[4]
  • Commons category: Spider webs[5]
  • Unicode character: 🕸[6]
  • Commons gallery: Spider web[7]

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Influence

Things named for spider web include Operation Spiderweb[8], a drone warfare[9], in Russia[10] and cobweb model[11], an economic model[12].

Why It Matters

spider web has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for it include Operation Spiderweb[8], a drone warfare[9], in Russia[10] and cobweb model[11], an economic model[12].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spider web. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spider-web
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spider-web_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spider web}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spider-web}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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