araneousadj.
= arachnoid adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > cobweb-like
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webbed1790
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the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [adjective] > humours > membranes of
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hyaloid1835
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Araneous (araneosus), ful of spiders webs.
1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 621 Its leaves break with araneous filaments.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Araneous Tunicle, the Tunicle that surrounds the Crystalline Humor.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. ii. 102 Its [the eye's] curious Araneous Membrane.
1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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