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Definition of Retiary
1. n. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. a. Netlike.
Definition of Retiary
1. Adjective. net-like ¹
2. Adjective. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders. ¹
3. Adjective. Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retiary
1. resembling a net [adj]
Medical Definition of Retiary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Retiary
Literary usage of Retiary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"That the net works and nets of antiquity were little different in the form from
ours at present, is confirmable from the nets in the hands of the retiary ..."
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