araneus

Questions about araneus

What does araneus mean?

araneus means "a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders".

How many syllables are in araneus?

araneus has 4 syllables and divides as a-ra-ne-us under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for araneus?

Close synonyms include Aranea, genus Aranea, genus Araneus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is araneus a common word?

araneus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.