araneidan
- adjective
- Specialized
- The intricate, araneidan patterns in the sculpture reminded visitors of a web.
Examples
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With their long legs and web-spinning behavior, harvestmen display araneidan traits.
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Scientists marveled at the araneidan qualities of the newfound cave structure.
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The araneidan features of this creature are fascinating.
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I love the araneidan designs on this artwork.
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The intricate, araneidan patterns in the sculpture reminded visitors of a web.
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I love the araneidan designs on this artwork.
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Scientists marveled at the araneidan qualities of the newfound cave structure.
Synonyms
Thin and delicate like a spider's web or legs
Looking like a spider or a spider's web
Shaped or moving like a spider with long thin legs
Having the shape of a spider or spider web
Like a spider in look or movement with long thin parts reaching out
Having thin, long legs or parts and moving like a spider
Shaped like a spider or a spider's web
Having the shape of a spider with legs and a round body
How Spider-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
araneidan = araneid (semi-transparent) = araneid + an
A regular adjectival formation from the noun 'araneid' by adding the productive suffix '-an'.
Etymology
Araneidan comes from an old word aranea meaning 'spider', the same root you see in arachnid. So something araneidan looks like or behaves like a spider, with web-like patterns or long, thin legs.