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ARACHNIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
Synonyms:
Arachnida; class Arachnida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arachnida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Arachnida"):
arachnid; arachnoid (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)
Opiliones; order Opiliones; order Phalangida; Phalangida (harvestmen)
order Scorpionida; Scorpionida (true scorpions)
Chelonethida; order Chelonethida; order Pseudoscorpiones; order Pseudoscorpionida; Pseudoscorpiones; Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions)
order Pedipalpi; order Uropygi; Pedipalpi; Uropygi (whip scorpions)
Araneae; Araneida; order Araneae; order Araneida (spiders)
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
Holonyms ("Arachnida" is a member of...):
Chelicerata; superclass Chelicerata (spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs)
Derivation:
arachnidian (relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida)
