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Definition of Genus aranea
1. Noun. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Argiopidae, Family Argiopidae, Orb-weaver
Member holonyms: Araneus Cavaticus, Barn Spider, Aranea Diademata, Garden Spider
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Aranea
Literary usage of Genus aranea
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)
"Genus ARANEA (A-ran'ea) The cephalothorax is moderately arched and is without
... The genus Aranea is a very large one, in the United States alone nearly ..."
2. The Entomologist's Text Book: An Introduction to the Natural History by John Obadiah Westwood (1838)
"This order corresponds with the Linnaean genus Aranea, to which Latreille gave
the name of Fileuses or Spinners, Mac- Leay that of ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literatureby Royal Society (Great Britain) by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Sixth instalment, ib., 12, 1903, (481-495). [3031]. 14041 A revision of the genera
characters in the genus Aranea Linn. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, (Ser. ..."
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