metacrawler en · NOUN
Etymology
From meta- + crawler.
Meanings
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(Internet) An application that searches the Web using existing search engines.
[…] searched the Web by harnessing existing search engines. These types of applications are called metacrawlers, and are a useful way of aggregating results from many search engine databases.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metacrawlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |