ARGIOPE AURANTIA

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Meaning:

A widely distributed North American garden spider

Synonyms:

Argiope aurantia; black and gold garden spider

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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)

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