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ARGIOPIDAE

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Meaning:

Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution

Synonyms:

Argiopidae; family Argiopidae; orb-weaver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Argiopidae"):

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

Aranea; Araneus; genus Aranea; genus Araneus (a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders)

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

Araneae; Araneida; order Araneae; order Araneida (spiders)

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