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retiary

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re⋅ti⋅ar⋅y

  [ree-shee-er-ee]
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–adjective
1. using a net or any entangling device.
2. netlike.
3. making a net or web, as a spider.
Origin:
1640–50; < L rēt- (s. of rēte) net + -i- + -ary
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re·ti·ar·y   (rē'shē-ěr'ē)   
adj.  Of, resembling, or forming a net or web.

[From Latin rēte, net.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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