Retiary

[ri:ʃiәri]

Definition

(n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

(n.) A retiarius.

(a.) Netlike.

(a.) Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.

(a.) Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.

Typed by Greta

Definition

adj. net-like: constructing a web to catch prey: provided with a net.—n. a gladiator who fights with a net—also Retiā′rius.—n.pl. Rē′tiāri?/span> the spinning spiders.

Checked by Lionel