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arachnid

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a=rach=nid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun arachnid has 1 sense

arachnid(n = noun.animal) arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs; Array

is a kind of arthropod

is a member of arachnida, class arachnida

has particulars: daddy longlegs, harvestman, phalangium opilio, scorpion, false scorpion, pseudoscorpion, whip-scorpion, whip scorpion, spider, acarine

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CIDE DICTIONARY

arachnid, n.

An arachnidan. Huxley. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

arachnid, n. any arthropod of the class Arachnida, having four pairs of walking legs and characterized by simple eyes, e.g. scorpions, spiders, mites, and ticks.

Derivative

arachnidan adj. & n.

Etymology

F arachnide or mod.L arachnida f. Gk arakhne spider

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