noun
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders
• Syn: ↑genus Aranea, ↑Araneus, ↑genus Araneus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb-weaver
• Member Meronyms: ↑barn spider, ↑Araneus cavaticus, ↑garden spider, ↑Aranea diademata
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\\əˈrānēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of orb-weaving spiders (family Argiopidae) including the common garden spiders
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Aranea /ə-rāˈni-ə/
noun
The garden spider genus (also called Epeira)
ORIGIN: L arānea spider
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Arāˈneae /-ē/, Araneida /ar-ə-nēˈi-də/ or Araneidae /-dē/ plural noun
Spiders as a class or order
arāˈneid /-ni-id/ noun
A spider
arāˈneous adjective
Cobwebby
Useful english dictionary. 2012.