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