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arachnid

DEFINITIONS OF: arachnid

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

Synonyms:
arachnoid
Types:
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Phalangium opilio, daddy longlegs, harvestman
spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
scorpion
arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
false scorpion, pseudoscorpion
small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
whip scorpion, whip-scorpion
nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger
spider
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
acarine
mite or tick
Chelifer cancroides, book scorpion
minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers
Mastigoproctus giganteus, vinegarroon
large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed
orb-weaving spider
a spider that spins a circular (or near circular) web
Argiope aurantia, black and gold garden spider
a widely distributed North American garden spider
Araneus cavaticus, barn spider
an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily
Aranea diademata, garden spider
a spider common in European gardens
comb-footed spider, theridiid
spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
Latrodectus mactans, black widow
venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
tarantula
large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
hunting spider, wolf spider
ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
trap-door spider
American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid
tick
any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
mite
any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
Type of:
arthropod
invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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