Etymology

araneoid

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Today it means: Any spider of the superfamily Araneoidea. Full definition →

taxonomic name Araneoidea
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  1. taxonomic name · borrowed fromAraneoidea
  2. English todayaraneoid

From taxonomic name Araneoidea. By surface analysis, araneo- + -oid.

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