/ Dictionary / Index B banana spider: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: banan'a spi"der Pronunciation: [key] a large, brown and yellow nonvenomous crab spider, Heteropoda venatoria, seen on the walls of buildings in the tropics, sometimes transported to other regions in shipments of bananas. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. banana shrub banana split Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language