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arachne
/əˈɹækni/
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What does arachne mean?
proper noun
- A woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈɹækni/
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May we not also see a masterpiece of the highest logic in the house of the trap-door spider, Arachne clotho, which is furnished with a door, a true door "which she throws open with a push of the leg, and carefully bolts behind her on returning by means of a little silk"?