Definition of Barn spider

1. Noun. An orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily. "The barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"

Exact synonyms: Araneus Cavaticus
Generic synonyms: Spider
Group relationships: Aranea, Araneus, Genus Aranea, Genus Araneus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barn Spider

barms
barmy
barn
barn-owl
barn burner
barn burners
barn dance
barn door
barn doors
barn find
barn finds
barn millet
barn owl
barn owls
barn spider (current term)
barn star
barn swallow
barn swallows
barnacle
barnacle goose
barnacled
barnaclelike
barnacles
barnacling
barnase
barnboard
barnboards
barnburner
barnburners

Literary usage of Barn spider

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

1. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"... and the great black barn spider is the sort used for medicine in Britain. Dr. Donaldson in a letter in " the Indian Lancet," recommends the web of the ..."

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