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ARANEA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Aranea; Araneus; genus Aranea; genus Araneus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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