arachnid

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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

"This compact arachnid had a body length of about 1.5 centimeters and is characterized by its remarkably robust and spiny legs -- such that it is quite unlike any other arachnid known, living or extinct."

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

Maybe the lines they draw have meaning to them that the rest of the arachnid world is blind to.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman