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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 retiary
 (a.)結網的,網的結網的蜘蛛

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·ti·a·ry n.
 1. Zool. Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
 2. A retiarius.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·ti·a·ry, a.
 1. Netlike.
    This work is in retiary, or hanging textures.   --Sir T. Browne.
 2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
 3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
    Scholastic retiary versatility of logic.   --Coleridge.
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