renge

renge, f.n: spider. (RENG-guh / ˈrɛŋ-gə)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a spider with eight hairy, wavy legs ending in pincers, waiting beside an ant hill crawling with ants.
De animalibus; France (Paris), mid 14th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 16169, f. 331v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

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