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BARN SPIDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily

Example:

the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book 'Charlotte's Web'

Synonyms:

Araneus cavaticus; barn spider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("barn spider" is a kind of...):

spider (predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey)

Holonyms ("barn spider" is a member of...):

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

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