Aranea (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Aranea genus contains one of the most recognizable spider species due to the beautiful radial web pattern it spins.
- Female spiders belonging to the genus Aranea show extraordinary longevity when compared to the lifespan of the male counterpart.
- Scientists attribute this reproductive trait as the cause for population density discrepancies observed among spiders belonging to Aranea.
- To find and track araneids such as spiders of genus Aranea research and exploration would mostly happen on webs under construction.
- Molecular analyses done to these common species help place species more properly in various spiders groups particularly spiders under Aranea classification.