noun
a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders
• Syn: ↑Aranea, ↑Araneus, ↑genus Araneus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb-weaver
• Member Meronyms: ↑barn spider, ↑Araneus cavaticus, ↑garden spider, ↑Aranea diademata
Useful english dictionary. 2012.