arachnid

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arachnid

/əˈɹæknɪd/ US

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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.

noun arachnids

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

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noun eight-legged creature

Español	arácnido
한국어	거미류의 동물 geomiryuui dongmul
日本語	クモ形類 kumogatarui
中文	蛛型動物 /蛛型动物 zhūxíng dòngwù, 蜘蛛類 /蜘蛛类 zhīzhūlèi
Português	aracnídeo
Français	arachnide
Deutsch	Spinnentier, Arachnide
Italiano	aracnide
Ελληνικά	αραχνίδι arachnídi
Română	arahnidă
Русский	паукообра́зное paukoobráznoje
العربية	حَيَوَان عَنْكَبُوتِيّ ḥayawān ʕankabūtiyy

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@misc{arachnid_2026,
  title = {arachnid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arachnid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}