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orbicularian

orbicularian noun: any spider of the clade Orbiculariae.

Noun

orbicularian (plural orbicularians)

  1. Any spider of the clade Orbiculariae.
    • The orbicularian common ancestor had perhaps seven different types of silk gland.2010, Leslie Brunetta, Catherine L. Craig, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging

Forms of orbicularian

pluralorbicularians

Questions about orbicularian

What does orbicularian mean?
Orbicularian means any spider of the clade Orbiculariae.
What part of speech is orbicularian?
Orbicularian is a noun.
What is the plural of orbicularian?
The plural of orbicularian is orbicularians.

Words near orbicularian in the dictionary

  1. orbicular
  2. orbicular stigma
  3. orbiculares
  4. orbiculares oculorum
  5. orbiculares orum
  6. orbicularian
  7. orbicularians
  8. orbicularis
  9. orbicularis oculi
  10. orbicularis oris
  11. orbicularity

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