n. a genus of common garden spiders.
n. an order of arthropods constituting the spiders.
adj. [ from the order Araneida. ] relating to or resembling a spider.
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. --
pos>a. [ L. aranea spider + -form. ] (Zool.) Having the form of a spider. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. aranea spider. ] (Zool.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ They have mandibles, modified as poison fangs, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and tracheæ in the abdomen. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. araneosus. ] Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. araneosus, fr. aranea spider, spider's web. ] Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb;
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