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arachnidan |
arachnidial |
arachnidian |
arachnidium |
arachnitis |
arachnoid
| arachnoid membrane
| arachnoidal
| arachnoidea
| arachnological
| arachnologist
arachnoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arachnoid has 2 senses
- arachnoid(n = noun.body) arachnoid membrane - the middle of the 3 meninges; Array is a kind of meninges, meninx
- arachnoid(n = noun.animal) arachnid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs; Array is a kind of arthropod
is a part of leptomeninges
is a member of arachnida, class arachnida
has particulars: daddy longlegs, harvestman, phalangium opilio, scorpion, false scorpion, pseudoscorpion, whip-scorpion, whip scorpion, spider, acarine
Derived form adjective arachnoid1
Adjective arachnoid has 1 sense
- arachnoid(a = adj.pert) arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery - relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida; Array Derived form noun arachnoid2
CIDE DICTIONARY
arachnoid, a. [Gr. like a cobweb; spider, spider's web + e'i^dos form.].
- Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater. [1913 Webster]
- Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby. [1913 Webster]
arachnoid, n.
- The arachnoid membrane. [1913 Webster]
- One of the Arachnoidea. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
arachnoid, n. & adj.
--n. Anat. (in full arachnoid membrane) one of the three membranes (see MENINX) that surround the brain and spinal cord of vertebrates.
--adj. Bot. covered with long cobweb-like hairs.
--n. Anat. (in full arachnoid membrane) one of the three membranes (see MENINX) that surround the brain and spinal cord of vertebrates.
--adj. Bot. covered with long cobweb-like hairs.
Etymology
mod.L arachnoides f. Gk arakhnoeides like a cobweb f. arakhne: see ARACHNID
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