arachnid

Noun
  1. Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (synset 101771988)
    is a type of: arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
    subtypes:
    • daddy longlegs, harvestman, phalangium opilio - spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
    • scorpion - arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
    • false scorpion, pseudoscorpion - small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
    • whip scorpion, whip-scorpion - nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger
    • spider - predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
    • acarine - mite or tick
    belongs to: arachnida, class arachnida - a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
    same as: arachnoid

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