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Definition of Epeira
1. n. A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Definition of Epeira
1. a type of spider [n -S] - See also: spider
Medical Definition of Epeira
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epeira
Literary usage of Epeira
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"epeira thaddeus Hentz. Recorded from Florida by Dr. Marx. epeira pratensis Hentz.
A few specimens from Palm Beach, March; and Altoona. ..."
2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1854)
"In the month of June this epeira may be found in a state of maturity on trees
and bushes ... After epeira ornata in the catalogue (Annals and Mag. of Nat. ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"At the Lake Laboratory maintained by the Ohio State University at Cedar Point,
Ohio, the large orb weaving spider, epeira ..."
4. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... by a Butterfly— Entomology — Ants—Wasp killing a Spider — Parasitical
Spider—Artifices of an epeira—Gregarious Spider—Spider with an unsymmetrical Web. ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"epeira, Walck. The two eyes on each side approximated by pairs, and almost
contiguous; the remaining four forming a quadrilateral in the middle. ..."
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