arachnid

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Despite noble false widow spiders’ taste for large prey, Dunbar doubts the arachnids will ever pose a serious threat to vertebrates such as pygmy shrews.

From Scientific American

That's certainly what the headlines are implying, at least; one typical example, from Axios, reads "Giant spiders expected to drop from sky across the East Coast this spring," which conjures up visions of paratrooper arachnids.

From Salon

More ticks carrying the bacterium that causes Lyme disease survived the winter in Nova Scotia than did uninfected ones in a new study of 600 of the arachnids kept outside in small vials.

From Science Magazine

The bottled scorpion has since been given to a local university in Scotland after shop workers in St Andrews were given the preserved arachnid.

From BBC

It involved a disturbing illusion with a person’s head appearing to be attached to the hairy legs of a colossal arachnid.

From New York Times