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orbitelous, a. Zool.|ɔːbɪˈtiːləs|
[f. mod.L. orbitēl-us, F. orbitèle, f. L. orbis circle, orb + tēla web.]
‘Orb-weaving’; applied to those spiders which spin orbicular or circular webs, as the garden-spider. So orbiˈtelar a. = prec.; orbiteˈlarian a. (= prec.) and n. (= next); ˈorbitele, an orbitelous spider, an ‘orb-weaver’.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Orbitelus, applied by Latreille to a tribe (Orbitelæ) of the Araneidæ, comprehending those which make their webs in regular network, composed of concentric circles crossed by straggling rays which proceed from the centre: orbitelous. |