Epeira

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

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

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

• Epeira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Epeira”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.