Epeira
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon, on”) + εἴρω (eírō, “weave, string”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Epeira f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – certain orb-weaving spiders, now considered a junior synonym of Araneus.
Usage notes edit
- At one time almost all spiders now in Araneidae, then called Epeiriade, were placed in Epeira.
References edit
Epeira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Epeira”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, The Spiders of Dorset, L.H. Ruegg, 1879, p. 588.