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GENUS ARANEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Araneus mean?
• GENUS ARANEUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ARANEUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders
Familiarity information: GENUS ARANEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("genus Araneus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Araneus"):
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 ("genus Araneus" is a member of...):
Argiopidae; family Argiopidae; orb-weaver (spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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