Found 2 items, similar to Arachnida.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Arachnida
Arachnida
n : a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and
scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking
legs and no wings [syn:
class Arachnida]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arachnida
Arachnida
\A*rach"ni*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? spider.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in
Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[ae] nor wings,
a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[ae] or
palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the
thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[ae] or by
pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three
principal orders:
Araneina, or spiders;
Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and
Acarina, or mites and ticks.
[1913 Webster]