Epeira

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon, on”) + εἴρω (eírō, “weave, string”).[1]

Proper noun

Epeira f

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – certain orb-weaving spiders, now considered a junior synonym of Araneus.

Usage notes

At one time almost all spiders now in Araneidae, then called Epeiriade, were placed in Epeira.

References

Epeira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“Epeira”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, The Spiders of Dorset, L.H. Ruegg, 1879, p. 588.

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