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gasteracanthine

gasteracanthine noun: a spider of the genus Gasteracantha.

Noun

gasteracanthine (plural gasteracanthines)

  1. A spider of the genus Gasteracantha.
    • The web of gasteracanthines is a complete orb, made either vertically or on an inclined plane, with an open hub, many radii and viscid spirals.1997, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, African spiders: an identification manual, page 113

Forms of gasteracanthine

pluralgasteracanthines

Questions about gasteracanthine

What does gasteracanthine mean?
Gasteracanthine means a spider of the genus Gasteracantha.
What part of speech is gasteracanthine?
Gasteracanthine is a noun.
What is the plural of gasteracanthine?
The plural of gasteracanthine is gasteracanthines.

Words near gasteracanthine in the dictionary

  1. gastalds
  2. gasted
  3. Gastelum
  4. Gastelums
  5. gaster
  6. gasteracanthine
  7. gasteracanthines
  8. gasteral
  9. gasteralgia
  10. gasterectomies
  11. gasterectomy

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