crawler

  1. Noun.  (Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
  2. Noun.  (Australia, slang) A sycophant.
  3. Noun.  A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk.
  4. Noun.  (sport) A crawl swimmer.
  5. Noun.  A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
  6. Noun.  A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links.

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