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ARANEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aranea mean? 

ARANEA (noun)
  The noun ARANEA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spidersplay

  Familiarity information: ARANEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARANEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aranea; Araneus; genus Aranea; genus Araneus

Hypernyms ("Aranea" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Aranea"):

Araneus cavaticus; barn spider (an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily)

Aranea diademata; garden spider (a spider common in European gardens)

Holonyms ("Aranea" is a member of...):

Argiopidae; family Argiopidae; orb-weaver (spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution)


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