| araneina | <zoology> The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders. They have mandibles, modified a poison fags, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and tracheae in the abdomen. Origin: NL, fr. L. Aranea spider. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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