genus araneus

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   a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders

   SynonymsAraneagenus AraneaAraneus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofArgiopidae

Questions about genus araneus

What does genus araneus mean?

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

What is another word for genus araneus?

Close synonyms include Aranea, genus Aranea, 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 genus araneus a common word?

genus araneus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.