noun
a spider common in European gardens
• Syn: ↑Aranea diademata
• Hypernyms: ↑spider
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aranea, ↑genus Aranea, ↑Araneus, ↑genus Araneus
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noun : a garden-frequenting spider especially of the family Argiopidae: as
a. : a common European spider (Aranea diademata)
b. : a widely distributed No. American spider (Argiope aurantia) with bright yellow markings on a dark gray or black background
Useful english dictionary. 2012.