arachnid
pronunciation
How to pronounce arachnid in British English:
UK [əˈræknɪd]
How to pronounce arachnid in American English:
US [ə'ræknɪd]
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- Noun:
- air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
Word Origin
- arachnid (n.)
- "a spider," 1869, from French arachnide (1806) or Modern Latin Arachnida, introduced as name for this class of arthropods 1815 by French biologist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck (1744-1829), from Greek arakhne (fem.) "spider; spider's web," which probably is cognate with Latin aranea "spider, spider's web" (borrowed in Old English as renge "spider"), from aracsna. The Latin word could be a Greek borrowing or both could be from a common root. An earlier noun form was arachnidian (1828).
Example
- 1. I 've discovered several arachnid tracks outside .
- 2. An arachnid could never spin this .
- 3. To help you unfold the mysteries of the arachnid world , here are ten surprising facts .
- 4. The venomous arachnid , which can jump up to 80 times the length of its own body , can be elusive and difficult to photograph
- 5. Ambulance workers , including a helicopter crew , were called to the scene after the man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid .