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arachnid

noun as in spider

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If experiences shape the brain’scircuitry then I learned to fear the fatherbefore the arachnid.

Almost all middens contain insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies unlucky enough to become trapped in the amberat.

On the other hand, some arachnids lose the upper hand — or leg — in a contest with snakes.

Fortunately, avoiding these little arachnids isn’t hard to do.

Several new vaccines for Lyme disease are on the horizon, and in exciting but early work, researchers are even trying to develop vaccines that target ticks themselves, potentially protecting against a wide range of illnesses the tiny arachnids carry.

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The scorpion, a Heterometrus spinifer, is completely edible, despite the arachnid being deadly if alive.

The arachnid are followed by the myriapoda (centipedes, etc.), and these by the insecti or true insects.

His comparison of the Arachnid appendages with those of insects and Crustacea is very curious.

Patten considers the Pteraspids as derived from primitive arachnid or spider-like forms having a bony carapace as Limulus has.

The characteristics of the median eyes must then be especially sought for in the arachnid group.

He simply, therefore, substituted Arachnid for Annelid in the old theory.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to arachnid, such as: harvestman, mite, scorpion, tarantula, and tick.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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