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Epeira
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul grc ἐπί upon, on + grc εἴρω weave, string.Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, The Spiders of Dorset, L.H. Ruegg, 1879, p. 588.
Proper noun
1 f
mul archaic genus family Araneidae certain orb-weaving spiders, now considered a junior synonym of Araneus genus
Usage notes
At one time almost all spiders now in Araneidae, then called Epeiriade family, were placed in Epeira.
References
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mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)