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Webster 1913 Edition

Araneous

A-ra′ne-ous

(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Araneous

ARA'NEOUS

,

Adj.

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