English > class Arachnida: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings. |
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Synonym | Arachnida |
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Member of | Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata | spiders |
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Members | Acarina, order Acarina | mites and ticks |
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Araneae, order Araneae, Araneida, order Araneida | spiders |
Chelonethida, order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones | false scorpions |
Pedipalpi, order Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order Uropygi | whip scorpions |
Phalangida, order Phalangida, Opiliones, order Opiliones | harvestmen |
Scorpionida, order Scorpionida | true scorpions |
arachnid, arachnoid | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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Spanish | arácnidos |
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Catalan | Arachnida |
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Adjectives | arachnoid, arachnidian | relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida |
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