Orbitelae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orbitelae \Or`bi*te"lae\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. orbis an orb +
     tela a web.] (Zool.)
     A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical
     webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.
     [1913 Webster]