Sentence:  Also fine are Sue Lawless , as a mother more protective and belligerent than a female <WSD>spider</WSD> and just as destructive , Harold Cherry , as her scratchy spouse , and Hildy Weissman , as a vegetable in human form . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey