Definition of arachnid Arachnid
/ɚæˈknʌd/ - [eraknud] - a•rach•nid
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What does arachnid mean?
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NounPlural: arachnids |
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| arachnid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | ||
| arachnoid | ||
| arthropod invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin | ||
| arachnida, class arachnida a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings | ||
| harvestman, phalangium opilio, daddy longlegs spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | ||
| scorpion arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger | ||
| false scorpion, pseudoscorpion small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion | ||
| whip-scorpion, whip scorpion nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger | ||
| spider predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- arachnid (n.)
An arachnidan.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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arachnid
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
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Arachnida is a group of invertebrate animals. They are arthropods and have eight legs. There are many arachnids: spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites.
The word Arachnida come from an old Greek legend about a girl named Arachne. In the legend, Arachne is turned into a spider by the goddess Athena.
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🔤- arachnid, noun, singular of arachnids.
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