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araneid

noun ara·ne·id \ ə-ˈrā-nē-əd , ˌa-rə-ˈnē- , -ˌid \

Definition of araneid

plural araneids
: a spider of the family Araneidae : orb weaver
  • Many of them were orb weavers of the family Araneidae. Whatever was fatal for the birds seemed to be highly beneficial for the araneids.
  • —David Quammen,  The Song of the Dodo,  1996
broadly : spider 1
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araneid

adjective
    • araneid spiders
    • an araneid web
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araneidal

\¦a-rə-¦nē-ə-dᵊl\ adjective
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araneidan

\¦a-rə-¦nē-ə-dᵊn\ adjective or noun

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New Latin Araneida

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