genus Aranea

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Aranea - a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spidersAranea, Araneus, genus Araneusarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsArgiopidae, family Argiopidae, orb-weaver - spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distributionAraneus cavaticus, barn spider - an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"Aranea diademata, garden spider - a spider common in European gardens