orb-weaving spider

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   a spider that spins a circular (or near circular) web

   Broaderspider

Questions about orb-weaving spider

What does orb-weaving spider mean?

orb-weaving spider means "a spider that spins a circular (or near circular) web".

Is orb-weaving spider a common word?

orb-weaving spider 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.