arachnid

arachnid
noun /əɹækinɪd/
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida

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  • arachnid — (n.) a spider, 1869, from Fr. arachnide (1806) or Mod.L. Arachnida, introduced as name for this class of arthropods 1815 by French biologist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck (1744 1829), from Gk. arakhne (fem.) spider; spider s… …   Etymology dictionary

  • arachnid — ► NOUN ▪ a member of a class of arthropods including the spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. ORIGIN from Greek arakhn spider …   English terms dictionary

  • arachnid — [ə rak′nid] n. [< Gr arachnē, spider, akin to L araneus] any of a large class (Arachnida) of arthropods, usually with four pairs of legs, either lungs or tracheae, a liquid diet, no antennae, simple eyes, terrestrial environment, sensory… …   English World dictionary

  • arachnid — arachnidan /euh rak ni deuhn/, adj., n. /euh rak nid/, n. 1. any wingless, carnivorous arthropod of the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy longlegs, having a body divided into two parts, the cephalothorax and… …   Universalium

  • Arachnid — Taxobox name = Arachnida image width = 250px image caption = Arachnida from Ernst Haeckel s Kunstformen der Natur , 1904 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida classis authority = Cuvier, 1812… …   Wikipedia

  • Arachnid — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Arachnid Produktionsland Spanien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • arachnid — UK [əˈræknɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms arachnid : singular arachnid plural arachnids biology a member of a type of animal called arthropods that have four pairs of legs. Spiders and scorpions are arachnids …   English dictionary

  • arachnid — noun Date: 1869 any of a class (Arachnida) of arthropods comprising chiefly terrestrial invertebrates, including the spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, and having a segmented body divided into two regions of which the anterior bears four pairs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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