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arachnid

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Arachnid
Large class of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Arachnids have a segmented body divided into two parts, one of which has four pairs of legs but no antennae.
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arachnid
Etymology: Gk, arachne, spider
a member of the phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida, which includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.
Arachnid
A member of the class Arachnida—e.g., spiders
arachnid [ah-rak´nid]
any member of the class arachnida.
arachnid
a member of the class Arachnida of animals.
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Mike Carter discovered the arachnid while carrying out work on a pillar outside a house in Leixlip, Co Kildare.
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The supermarket staff captured the arachnid in a plastic box before contacting the SSPCA.
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Experts at Wuhan University claim that they are the first research team to have analysed venom in this arachnid, and discovered nine novel poison molecules, never before seen in any scorpion species.
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