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- noun Plural form of
arachnid .
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Examples
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FC: It's "arachnids," you home-schooled, melon-headed twit!
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The only plus for the Yherajk is that they don't look like arachnids, but they are indeed really, really stinky.
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The arachnids often taste like a light, earthy version of shellfish, crab and lobster in particular.
Daniella Martin: What Do Bugs Taste Like, Anyway? Daniella Martin 2011
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Scorpions, tarantulas, and other edible arachnids all catch their prey live, unlike a crab which may be just as happy to feast on detritus.
Daniella Martin: What Do Bugs Taste Like, Anyway? Daniella Martin 2011
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The term "bug," while having a specific taxonomic meaning, is also used as an umbrella term to include land-arthropods in general, including arachnids, like scorpions and spiders.
Daniella Martin: What Do Bugs Taste Like, Anyway? Daniella Martin 2011
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An online exhibit created by the W.E.B. Du Bois Library of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was meant to celebrate the beauty of insects and arachnids, as shown in rare books from the 16th through 19th centuries.
Halloween Books: Rare Books About Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks And Other Beasts Booktryst 2010
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If it wasn't for the assortment of arachnids, red ants, and flying roaches that share this space, I'd be completely alone.
An Account of my Dwelling (for Kamo no Chômei) Marc Lowe 2011
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The ladybird spider – Eresus sandaliatus – is one of the most colourful arachnids in Britain, but by the 1990s only 56 were left.
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An online exhibit created by the W.E.B. Du Bois Library of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was meant to celebrate the beauty of insects and arachnids, as shown in rare books from the 16th through 19th centuries.
Halloween Books: Rare Books About Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks And Other Beasts Booktryst 2010
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I thought we had imposed a strict size-cap on Irish arachnids.
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