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arachnid
[ uh-rak-nid ]
noun
- 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 the abdomen, and having eight appendages and no antennae. Compare insect.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the arachnids.
arachnid
/ əˈræknɪd /
noun
- 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
arachnid
/ ə-răk′nĭd /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- aˈrachnidan, adjectivenoun
Other Words From
- a·rach·ni·dan [uh, -, rak, -ni-d, uh, n], adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of arachnid1
Example Sentences
If experiences shape the brain’scircuitry then I learned to fear the fatherbefore the arachnid.
Almost all middens contain insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies unlucky enough to become trapped in the amberat.
On the other hand, some arachnids lose the upper hand — or leg — in a contest with snakes.
Fortunately, avoiding these little arachnids isn’t hard to do.
Several new vaccines for Lyme disease are on the horizon, and in exciting but early work, researchers are even trying to develop vaccines that target ticks themselves, potentially protecting against a wide range of illnesses the tiny arachnids carry.
The scorpion, a Heterometrus spinifer, is completely edible, despite the arachnid being deadly if alive.
The arachnid are followed by the myriapoda (centipedes, etc.), and these by the insecti or true insects.
His comparison of the Arachnid appendages with those of insects and Crustacea is very curious.
Patten considers the Pteraspids as derived from primitive arachnid or spider-like forms having a bony carapace as Limulus has.
The characteristics of the median eyes must then be especially sought for in the arachnid group.
He simply, therefore, substituted Arachnid for Annelid in the old theory.
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