arachnid
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"It's the most emotional Spider-Man movie we've ever made, and in some ways, the most grown up," said Holland, who plays the arachnid superhero.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
A map of the routes with arrows arching across the country gave the operation its arachnid moniker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid has informally named it the white-knuckled wolf spider.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
For Waterhouse, the discovery of the arachnid wasn’t just throwaway internet fodder — it became a metaphor for her own memoir and, in turn, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” due Sept. 13 on Sub Pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
Just because you’ve called something a spider once doesn’t mean that the next time you have to call it an arachnid or a predaceous eight-legged creepy-crawly.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Researchers believe the nocturnal predator developed the unique hunting method to make meals of aggressive ants which are notoriously dangerous - and unusual - prey for arachnids.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
States that depend heavily on extractive industries such as mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction tended to offer fewer protections for insects and arachnids.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
Golden orb-web spiders are native to southern and east Africa, with the arachnids at Newrotex coming from Madagascar.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The researchers say this trend is not slowing and suggest that groups such as plants, fungi, arachnids, fishes and amphibians are far more diverse than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
“I can speak to arachnids, including their king, Anansi, of course,” she said with pride.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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