Definition of Argiopidae

1. Noun. Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Argiopidae

Argentine hemorrhagic fever
Argentine monetary unit
Argentine tango
Argentine tangos
Argentinean
Argentinean haemorrhagic fever
Argentineans
Argentines
Argentinian
Argentinians
Argentinidae
Argie
Argies
Argiope
Argiope aurantia
Argiopidae (current term)
Argirades
Argive
Argives
Argo
Argo Navis
Argoan
Argobba
Argobbas
Argolic
Argolis
Argonaut
Argonauta argo
Argonautic
Argonautidae

Literary usage of Argiopidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"The most striking difference, however, between these spiders and the Argiopidae is in web-building habits, the type of web known as the orb-web being ..."

2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"E Like the Argiopidae, the members of this family spin orb webs but the webs contain a hackled baud not found in those of the ..."

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