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    ARACHNIDA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wingsplay

    Synonyms:

    Arachnida; class Arachnida

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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