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Definition of Arachnidian
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Derivative terms: Arachnida, Arachnoid, Spider
Partainyms: Class Arachnida, Class Arachnida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arachnidian
Literary usage of Arachnidian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1872)
"... but, when compared with its accusers, it presents by no means a bad case.
The arachnidian ethics are in many respects strikingly coincident with ..."
2. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"Out of the eurypterids in the Middle Silurian came the scorpions and through
these the entire class of arachnidian (spider-like) animals, such as scorpions, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1869)
"... taken to prevent the old females eating their consorts, and the young ones
devouring one another—two unpleasant habits peculiar to arachnidian families. ..."
4. The Law of Hotel Life: Or, The Wrongs and Rights of Host and Guest by Robert Vashon Rogers (1879)
"... spider was stationed at the edge of the piano cover, apparently drinking in
the harmony of sweet sounds to the utmost extent of his arachnidian nature. ..."
5. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1905)
"Is the water bear (Tardigrada) really a depauperate arachnidian? Saw caddis fly
larva for first time in same pool with ..."
6. Highways and Byways in Middlesex by Walter Jerrold (1909)
"Tradition associates the arachnidian monster with Wolsey— hence its name -and
declares that it first appeared after his death, and ever haunts the scene of ..."
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