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ORB-WEAVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orb-weaving mean?
• ORB-WEAVING (adjective)
The adjective ORB-WEAVING has 1 sense:
1. of spiders who weave circular webs
Familiarity information: ORB-WEAVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of spiders who weave circular webs
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
orb-weaver (spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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