arachnid

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Etymology

French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (“spider”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əɹækinɪd/

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Noun

arachnid (plural arachnids)

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

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:arachnid

Translations

eight-legged creature

• Arabic: حيوان عنكبوتي (ar) m
• Catalan: aràcnid (ca) m
• Chechen: мангалхьокхург
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛛性動物 (cmn), 蛛性动物 (cmn) (zhūxìng dòngwù), 蜘蛛類 (cmn), 蜘蛛类 (cmn) (zhīzhūlèi)

• Czech: pavoukovec (cs) m
• Finnish: hämähäkkieläin (fi)
• French: arachnide (fr)
• German: Arachnid n, Spinnentier n
• Hungarian: pókszabású (hu)
• Italian: aracnide (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Luxembourgish: Spannendéier (lb) n
• Malay: araknid (ms)
• Navajo: chʼosh bijáád tseebíhígíí
• Persian: تنندگان (fa) (tanandegân)
• Polish: pajęczak m
• Portuguese: aracnídeo (pt) m
• Romanian: arahnidă (ro) f
• Russian: паук (ru) (pauk)
• Spanish: arácnido (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Derived terms

• arachnophobia