ARGIOPE AURANTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Argiope aurantia mean? 

• ARGIOPE AURANTIA (noun)
  The noun ARGIOPE AURANTIA has 1 sense:

1. a widely distributed North American garden spider

  Familiarity information: ARGIOPE AURANTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGIOPE AURANTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A widely distributed North American garden spider

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Argiope aurantia; black and gold garden spider

Hypernyms ("Argiope aurantia" is a kind of...):

spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)

Holonyms ("Argiope aurantia" is a member of...):

Argiope; genus Argiope (the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders)