gasteracanthine

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gasteracanthine (plural gasteracanthines)

  1. A spider of the genus Gasteracantha.
    • 1997, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, African spiders: an identification manual, page 113:
      The web of gasteracanthines is a complete orb, made either vertically or on an inclined plane, with an open hub, many radii and viscid spirals.