legspan
Distance between legs
Legspan is the distance from the tip of one leg to the tip of another when extended, typically measured across the body.
The term appears most often for spiders and other arachnids: The huntsman spider has a legspan of up to twelve inches.
It parallels wingspan for birds and aircraft.
Adjustable-jaw measuring device
- rulerOne who governs
- metricStandard of measurement
- millimetersMetric units, thousandths of meters
- centimetersMetric length units
inches · dimension · width · diameter · proportion · scale · gauge · specimen
Web-spinning arachnid
- tarantulaLarge hairy spider
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- inchesSmall length units
- centimetersMetric length units
wingspan · web · silk · fangs · exoskeleton · molting · spinnerets · goliath
calipers
Adjustable-jaw measuring device
- rulerOne who governs
- metricStandard of measurement
- millimetersMetric units, thousandths of meters
centimeters · inches · dimension · width · diameter · proportion · scale · gauge · specimen · comparison
spider
Web-spinning arachnid
- tarantulaLarge hairy spider
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- inchesSmall length units
centimeters · wingspan · web · silk · fangs · exoskeleton · molting · spinnerets · goliath · huntsman