arachnid
/əˈɹæknɪd/
arachnid
English
Noun
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Definition
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
Etymology
From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) with the suffix -id. By surface analysis, arachn- + -id.
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