Definitions for arachnid

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arachnid a·rach·nid

Spelling: [uh-rak-nid]

IPA: /əˈræk nɪd/

Arachnid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in arachnid (aacdhinr).

Definitions for arachnid

noun

1. 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

1. belonging or pertaining to the arachnids.

Origin of arachnid

1865-70; New Latin Arachnida Greek aráchn(ē) spider, spider's web + New Latin -ida -ida

Examples for arachnid

It treats of curious animals which the author considers as more nearly allied to the Insecta than to the Crustacea or arachnid.

The characteristics of the median eyes must then be especially sought for in the arachnid group.

The arachnid are followed by the myriapoda (centipedes, etc.), and these by the insecti or true insects.

The scorpion, a Heterometrus spinifer, is completely edible, despite the arachnid being deadly if alive.

His comparison of the arachnid appendages with those of insects and Crustacea is very curious.