noun · rare

arachnid

arachnid · arachnids

паукообразное

Spinnentier, Arachnide

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the…Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

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US/əˈɹæknɪd/

» Spiders, scorpions, and ticks are arachnids.

Пауки, скорпионы и клещи относятся к арахнидам.

Meaning

1 senses

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
Spinnentier, Arachnide
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More definitions

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

Examples

7 sentences

Spiders, scorpions, and ticks are arachnids.
ruПауки, скорпионы и клещи относятся к арахнидам.
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Sea spiders are not arachnids, but close relatives of them.
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Arachnids have a two-part body.
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Spiders aren't insects but arachnids.
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Ticks and mites are arachnids.
deZecken und Milben sind Spinnentiere.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

eight-legged creature:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

eight-legged creature:

Origin

From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New

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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