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Definition of Family Argiopidae
1. Noun. Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Exact synonyms: Argiopidae, Orb-weaver
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Araneae, Araneida, Order Araneae, Order Araneida
Member holonyms: Argiope, Genus Argiope, Aranea, Araneus, Genus Aranea, Genus Araneus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Araneae, Araneida, Order Araneae, Order Araneida
Member holonyms: Argiope, Genus Argiope, Aranea, Araneus, Genus Aranea, Genus Araneus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Argiopidae
Literary usage of Family 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 family Argiopidae includes seven subfamilies; the following table will aid
in the separation of these: TABLE OF SUBFAMILIES OF THE ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"Family. Argiopidae Large foramen for passage of pedicle. Marginal -septa present
in both valves. Calcareous brachial loop follows margin of shell and is ..."