orbicularian

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orbicularian (plural orbicularians)

  1. (zoology) Any spider of the clade Orbiculariae.
    • 2010, Leslie Brunetta, Catherine L. Craig, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging:
      The orbicularian common ancestor had perhaps seven different types of silk gland.