arachnoid
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1. air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | arthropod, |
| definition | : | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | scorpion, |
| definition | : | arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | whip scorpion, whip-scorpion, |
| definition | : | nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | spider, |
| definition | : | predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acarine, |
| definition | : | mite or tick (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | arachnida, class arachnida, |
| definition | : | a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings (noun.animal) |
2. the middle of the 3 meninges (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | meninges, meninx, |
| definition | : | a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | leptomeninges, |
| definition | : | the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers (noun.body) |
3. relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida (adj.pert)
4. air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal)
5. relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | arachnida, class arachnida, |
| definition | : | a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | arachnida, class arachnida, |
| definition | : | a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | arachnid, arachnoid, |
| definition | : | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | spider, |
| definition | : | predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey (noun.animal) |
6. air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal)
7. relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | arachnida, class arachnida, |
| definition | : | a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | arachnida, class arachnida, |
| definition | : | a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | arachnid, arachnoid, |
| definition | : | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | spider, |
| definition | : | predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey (noun.animal) |
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