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Arachnid

noun

Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. Synonym: arachnoid.

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"Arachnid" Quotes from Famous Books

... the same moment a small spider ran across the back of his fingers and was captured. There was a distinct puncture in the hand. Here, then, was a definite case, where the wound and the insect were both in evidence. But examination of the arachnid's fangs satisfied Colonel Pike that they were far too small and weak to penetrate the tough skin where the wound was. Meantime the victim exhibited the classic symptoms of venomous poisoning: numbness, nausea, chills, and threatened collapse. A physician, being summoned, ...

— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine

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Words linked to "Arachnid" : arachnoid, daddy longlegs, pseudoscorpion, Arachnida, whip-scorpion, false scorpion, Phalangium opilio, class Arachnida, harvestman, scorpion, whip scorpion, arthropod, acarine, spider