ARGIOPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Argiopidae mean? 

• ARGIOPIDAE (noun)
  The noun ARGIOPIDAE has 1 sense:

1. spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution

  Familiarity information: ARGIOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGIOPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Argiopidae; family Argiopidae; orb-weaver

Hypernyms ("Argiopidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Argiopidae"):

Argiope; genus Argiope (the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders)

Aranea; Araneus; genus Aranea; genus Araneus (a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders)

Holonyms ("Argiopidae" is a member of...):

Araneae; Araneida; order Araneae; order Araneida (spiders)