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Webster 1913 Edition

(ȧ-rāˊnē̍-ŭs)

Adj.

[L.

araneosus

, fr.

aranea

spider, spider’s web.]

Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb;

as, the

araneous

membrane of the eye

. See

Derham.

Adj.

[L. aransea, a spider, or cobweb.] Resembling a cobweb.

araneous ‎(comparative more araneous, superlative most araneous)

Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.

the araneous membrane of the eye

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araneose — see araneose