arachnid

a·rach·nid  (-rknd)

n.

Any of various arthropods of the class Arachnida, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, characterized by four pairs of segmented legs and a body that is divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and the abdomen. Also called arachnoid.

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[From New Latin Arachnida, class name, from Greek arakhn, spider.]

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a·rachni·dan (-n-dn) adj. & n.

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arachnid [əˈræknɪd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen

[from New Latin Arachnida, from Greek arakhnē spider]

arachnidan  adj & n

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arachnid  (-rknd)

Any of various arthropods of the class Arachnida, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Arthropods are characterized by four pairs of segmented legs and a body that is divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and the abdomen.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 acarine - mite or tick

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arachnid

Translations

arachnid [əˈræknɪd] N → arácnido m

arachnid

n → Spinnentier nt