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arachnid

Pronunciation:  u'raknid

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Matching Terms:  arachnida, arachnidan, arachnidial, arachnidian, arachnidium, arachnitis

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
 
 Synonyms: arachnoid
 
 See Also: acarine, Arachnida, arthropod, class Arachnida, daddy longlegs, false scorpion, harvestman, Phalangium opilio, pseudoscorpion, scorpion, spider, whip scorpion, whipscorpion

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*rach"nid\, n.
An arachnidan. --Huxley.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: An organism of the class Arachnida in the kingdom Animalia. For example, a spider.
 



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