Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The kind of web spun by the spiders of the family Epeiridæ.
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Examples
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Researchers led by Dr Li studied a species of orb-web spider called Nephilengys malabarensis.
Male spiders sacrifice their genitals to fertilise big hungry females 2012
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In the silken den of a rather splendid orb-web spider called Larinioides cornutus, I notice how she has four stiff-bristled legs curved around the soft body of her latest immobilised fly.
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Thus is the challenge facing the male of the orb-web spider, Argiope bruennichi, according to a scientific paper published on Wednesday.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Thus is the challenge facing the male of the orb-web spider.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Thus is the challenge facing the male of the orb-web spider, Argiope bruennichi, according to a scientific paper published on Wednesday.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Thus is the challenge facing the male of the orb-web spider.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They took glue-secreting cells from the glands of golden orb-web spiders and extracted messenger RNA from them.
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Various clues, including threads that were twisted and coated with sticky fluid droplets, suggest the webs were spun by spiders closely related to modern-day orb-web garden spiders.
Livescience.com 2009
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Silk threads formed by a modern orb-web garden spider are similar to those of the ancient ones preserved in amber.
Livescience.com 2009
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Since the discovery of the amber, analysis of the threads has shown they were spun by spiders closely related to modern day orb-web, or garden spiders.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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