Synonyms:
maze, labyrinth
Meaning: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
Usage examples
CHAPTER XV: THE LABYRINTH SPIDER
The Labyrinth Spider is better treated.
The jangada continued to descend; but what a labyrinth the Amazon now appeared!
In the case of the Labyrinth Spider, the protection of the brood is complicated by another condition.
The Epeira has her treacherous limed net; the Spider of the bushes has her no less treacherous labyrinth.
THE READER may remember that we were led to plunge into the labyrinth of magic by a consideration of two different types of man-god.
The Labyrinth Spider knows nothing of the diversions of the table; she flings the drained remnants out of her web, without chewing them.
A splendid spectacle indeed is that of our Spider's labyrinth, heavy with the tears of the night and lit up by the first rays of the sun.
The sheet-net and the labyrinth that surmounts it are objects visible from afar, owing to their whiteness and the height whereat they are placed.
The Labyrinth Spider has simply taught us that instinct possesses resources which are employed or left latent according to the conditions of the moment.