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单词 araneid
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araneidn.adj.

Brit. /əˈreɪnɪɪd/, /ˌarəˈniːɪd/, U.S. /əˈreɪniəd/, /ˌɛrəˈniəd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Araneus , -id suffix3.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Araneus, genus name (C. A. Clerck, Svenska Spindlar (1757); < classical Latin arānea spider: see arain n.) + -id suffix3. In original sense after scientific Latin Araneida, former order name. In later use after scientific Latin Araneidae, family name (E. Simon, 1895).
Zoology.
A. n.
Originally: an arachnid of the former order Araneida (now called Araneae); a spider. In later use: a spider of the family Araneidae, which comprises the orb-weavers.
ΚΠ
1831 H. M'Murtrie Cuvier's Animal Kingdom III. 171 A single wound from a moderate sized Araneid will kill our common Fly in a few minutes.
1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 769 The egg-amœbæ observed in the Acarina by Claparède and Zalensky, and by me in an Araneid.
1903–4 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903 55 136 Araneids and other arachnids.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. viii. 94 Strictly cavernicolous araneids are known.
2011 R. F. Foelix Biol. Spiders (ed. 3) vii. 238 Although the courtship behavior of araneids may appear rather uniform at first glance, we find some remarkable variations.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the former order Araneida or (in later use) the family Araneidae.
ΚΠ
1845 Encycl. Metrop. VII. 273/1 These regions are..well-marked by their connection being simply a narrow pedicle, as in the Spiders or Araneid Order.
1903–4 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1903 55 137 The araneid mode of copulation.
1988 New Scientist 26 Nov. 40/1 Araneid venoms..paralyse insects rapidly, but not permanently.
2005 M. Hansell Animal Archit. ii. 52 The role of glue in the prey capture droplets of the webs of araneid spiders, is also played by a glycoprotein.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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