araneid
noun
ara·ne·id
ə-ˈrā-nē-əd,
ˌa-rə-ˈnē-,
-ˌid
plural araneids
: a spider of the family Araneidae : orb weaver
Many of them were orb weavers of the family Araneidae. Whatever was fatal for the birds seemed to be highly beneficial for the araneids.
David Quammen, The Song of the Dodo, 1996
David Quammen, The Song of the Dodo, 1996 broadly : spider sense 1
araneid adjective
araneid spiders
an araneid web
araneidal adjective
¦a-rə-¦nē-ə-dᵊl
araneidan adjective or noun
¦a-rə-¦nē-ə-dᵊn
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Araneida
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above