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Noun: barn spider
  1. An orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily
    "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book 'Charlotte's Web'"
    - Araneus cavaticus

Derived forms: barn spiders

Type of: spider

Part of: Aranea, Araneus, genus Aranea, genus Araneus

Encyclopedia: Barn spider