Definition of Arachnids

1. Noun. (plural of arachnid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arachnids

1. arachnid [n] - See also: arachnid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arachnids

arachises
arachnephobia
arachnerd
arachnerds
arachnicide
arachnicides
arachnid
arachnid vectors
arachnida
arachnidan
arachnidans
arachnidial
arachnidian
arachnidism
arachnidium
arachnids (current term)
arachnitis
arachnobutyrophobia
arachnodactyly
arachnogenic
arachnogenic necrosis
arachnoid
arachnoid foramen
arachnoid granulations
arachnoid mater
arachnoid mater cranialis
arachnoid mater encephali
arachnoid maters

Literary usage of Arachnids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"390. sects, destruction of injurious species, and myriapods and arachnids. The economic treatment is given with each injurious species. ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... and then of arachnids. Unusual attention has recently been paid to these animals, on account of the discovery of their remains in formations much ..."

3. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1901)
"Large arachnids with a long segmented abdomen ending with a poisonous sting. ... arachnids with cephalothorax not constricted from abdomen ; pedipalps very ..."

4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1877)
"The upper half of a specimen of this genus was obtained dead and sea-worn. On a new genus of arachnids:, by HHB BRADLEY, ESQ. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"And first, in respect to their external organisation, arachnids are articulate animals,1 with eight articulated legs, each in general consisting of seven ..."

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