arachnid

Pronunciation: /əˈɹæknɪd/

The English word “arachnid” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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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