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Epeirid Zool.|ɛˈpaɪərɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Epeiridæ (see below), ? f. Gr. ἐπί on + εἴρειν to string together.]
A member of the family of web-spinning spiders, formerly called Epeiridæ, now known as Argiopidæ. Also attrib. or as adj.
1881O. Pickard-Cambridge Spiders of Dorset ii. 587 The studding of the lines of their snares, by some Epeirids, with viscid globules intended to entrap their prey. Ibid., The cross-lines of Epeirid snares. 1902Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. XI. p. xlvi, The garden..was tenanted by numerous Epeirid spiders (Argyope australis). 1909A. E. Shipley in Sedgwick Text-bk. Zool. III. xv. 408 Perhaps our commonest Epeirid, Meta segmentata. |