retiary

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. net-like

- This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. — Sir Thomas Browne.

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

3. Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.

- Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. — Coleridge.

noun

1. (zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.