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Synonyms for arachnid
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-rak-nid |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈræk nɪd |
Définition of arachnid
Origin :- "a spider," 1869, from French arachnide (1806) or Modern Latin Arachnida, introduced as name for this class of arthropods 1815 by French biologist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck (1744-1829), from Greek arakhne (fem.) "spider; spider's web," which probably is cognate with Latin aranea "spider, spider's web" (borrowed in Old English as renge "spider"), from aracsna. The Latin word could be a Greek borrowing or both could be from a common root. An earlier noun form was arachnidian (1828).
- noun spider
- The arachnid are followed by the myriapoda (centipedes, etc.), and these by the insecti or true insects.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 » by Various
- His comparison of the Arachnid appendages with those of insects and Crustacea is very curious.
- Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
- It treats of curious animals which the author considers as more nearly allied to the Insecta than to the Crustacea or Arachnid.
- Extract from : « Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb » by W. R. Roe
- The characteristics of the median eyes must then be especially sought for in the arachnid group.
- Extract from : « The Origin of Vertebrates » by Walter Holbrook Gaskell
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