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Definition of Orb web
1. Noun. A circular spider web.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orb Web
Literary usage of Orb web
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 BUILDING OF AN ORB-WEB Few if any of the structures built by lower animals
are more wonderful than the webs of an orb-weaver; it is of interest, ..."
2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE ORB-WEB Teacher's Story F all the structures made by the lower creatures,
the orb- web of the spider is, beyond question, the most intricate and ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"These are strung along the median line of the orb-web. They are at first composed
of a yellowish, slightly viscid plush, and are afterwards covered with ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"Moreover, the orb-web must be able to sustain the weight of evening dews. One who
has seen such snares in the early morning, when every viscid bead appears ..."
5. Teacher's Leaflets on Nature Study by New York State College of Agriculture, Cornell University, College of Agriculture (1899)
"Examine the next orb-web you find and see if it is true in that case. Many of
the orb weavers strengthen their nets by spinning a zigzag ribbon across the ..."
6. Nature Study: A Pupil's Text-book by Frank Overton, Mary E. Hill (1905)
"SUPPLEMENTARY WORK How an orb web is spun. — When an orb-web spider spins its
web, it first makes the straight lines that form the spokes of the wheel. ..."
7. Cornell Nature-study Leaflets by Cornell University, College of Agriculture (1904)
"One is a round web which resembles at first sight those of the orb weavers ; but
it differs from the ordinary orb-web in that the spiral thread is made of ..."
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