aracnidi

Definitions of aracnidi
  1. noun
    air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    synonyms: aracnide
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    scorpione
    arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
    pseudoscorpione
    small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
    ragno
    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
    acaro
    any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
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    artropode
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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