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<hw>Ar`a*ma"ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An idiom of the Aramaic.</def>

<h1>Araneida, Araneoidea</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw><hw>Ar`a*ne"i*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar`a*ne*oid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Araneina</er>.</def>

<h1>Araneidan</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar`a*ne"i*dan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> One of the Araneina; a spider.</def></def2>

<h1>Araneiform</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>Ar`a*ne"i*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aranea</ets> spider + -<ets>form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a spider.</def>

<i>Kirby.</i>

<h1>Araneina</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*ra`ne*i"na</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>aranea</ets> spider.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.</def>

<note>&hand; They have mandibles, modified a poison fa<?/gs, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and trache\'91 in the abdomen. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</note>

<h1>Araneose</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*ra"ne*ose`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>araneous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.</def>

<h1>Araneous</h1> <Xpage=76>

<hw>A*ra"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>araneosus</ets>, fr. <ets>aranea</ets> spider, spider's web.]</ety> <def>Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; <as>as, the <ex>araneous</ex> membrane of the eye</as>. See <er>Arachnoid</er>.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

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<h1>Arango</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>A*ran"go</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Arangoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <def>A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.</def>

<i>McCulloch.</i>

<h1>Arapaima</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>A`ra*pai"ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large fresh-water food fish of South America.</def>

<h1>Arara</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>A*ra"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (<spn>Microglossus aterrimus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Aration</h1> <Xpage=77>

<hw>A*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aratio</ets>, fr. <ets>arare</ets> to plow.]</ety> <def>Plowing; tillage.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lands are said to be in a state of <b>aration</b> when they are under tillage. <i>Brande.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aratory</h1> <Xpage=77>

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