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Added 10 October 2026

arachnid

/əˈɹæknɪd/ noun

In Latin: arachnidum Wiktionary

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Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

Origin

From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) with the suffix -id. By surface analysis, arachn- + -id.

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