"study of spiders," 1798, from araneae, zoological name of the order of spiders, from Latin aranea "spider" (source French (araignée, Spanish (araña, Italian aragna; see arachnid) + -ology. Related: Araneous (ad.), 1650s; araneidan (n.), 1835; araneologist.
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