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Arachnida
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What's The Definition Of Arachnida?
[n] a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
Synonyms | Synonyms for Arachnida: class Arachnida Related Terms | Find terms related to Arachnida: See Also | Acarina | arachnid | arachnoid | Araneae | Araneida | Chelicerata | Chelonethida | class | Opiliones | order Acarina | order Araneae | order Araneida | order Chelonethida | order Opiliones | order Pedipalpi | order Phalangida | order Pseudoscorpiones | order Pseudoscorpionida | order Scorpionida | order Uropygi | Pedipalpi | Phalangida | Pseudoscorpiones | Pseudoscorpionida | Scorpionida | superclass Chelicerata | Uropygi Arachnida In Webster's Dictionary \A*rach"ni*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? spider.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in
Appendix.
Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[ae] nor wings,
a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[ae] or
palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the
thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[ae] or by
pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three
principal orders: {Araneina}, or spiders;
{Arthrogastra}, including scorpions, etc.; and
{Acarina}, or mites and ticks.
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