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arachnid

arachnid (an air-breathing arthropod characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)

class, taxon, species, Class

Scientific Name: "Arachnida"
Class: taxon, species, Class
Examples: Mouse mite, Dermacentor andersoni, Ticks
Parent Class: ▶
animal, arthropod, eukaryote, Chelicerata, Eumetazoa, …
Bilateria, non-human animal, Ecdysozoa
Types: ▶
spider, black widow spider, scorpion, brown recluse spider, tick, …
tarantula, Wolf spider, Brazilian wandering spider, Pholcidae, Goliath birdeater, hobo spider, Opiliones, Huntsman spider, Redback spider, Trombiculid mite, jumping spider, golden silk orb-weaver, house dust mite, Sydney funnel-web spider, Australasian funnel-web spider, Widow spider, Latrodectus mactans, recluse spider, Latrodectus hesperus, Giant house spider, Orb-weaver spider, Arizona bark scorpion, trapdoor spider, Emperor scorpion, Crab spider, deathstalker, Telamonia dimidiata, Latrodectus variolus, Argiope, Latrodectus, Pholcus phalangioides, Spider taxonomy, pseudoscorpion, spider mite, Steatoda, Sarcoptes scabiei, Acarina, Common house spider, Fattail scorpion, Mesothelae, white-tailed spider, Solifugae, Katipo, Mexican redknee tarantula, Demodex, Amblypygi, Varroa destructor, six-eyed sand spider, European garden spider, Black house spider, Steatoda grossa, Dermacentor variabilis, Nursery web spider, giant huntsman spider, woodlouse spider, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, Buthidae, Aptostichus stephencolberti, Latrodectus geometricus, Brontoscorpio anglicus, barn spider, giant desert hairy scorpion, Ear mite, Chilean rose tarantula, Lycosa tarantula, Cheese mite, Nephila clavipes, Araneomorph funnel-web spider, Chilean recluse, Uropygid, Araneomorphae, southern house spider, Phidippus audax, Theridion grallator, arachnology, Palpigradi, cobalt blue tarantula, Tegenaria, Sac spider, Ixodes, Ixodes ricinus, Sicariidae, Ammotrechidae, Chinese bird spider, Diving bell spider, Delena cancerides, demodicosis, Heterometrus swammerdami, grass spider, Centruroides, Tangle web spider, Thelyphonida, Liphistiidae, Cercophonius squama, Hexathelidae, Nephila clavata, Amblyomma americanum, Argiope aurantia, Misumena vatia, Steatoda nobilis, Lasiodora parahybana, Cheyletiella, wandering spider, Myrmarachne, Kauai cave wolf spider, Tegenaria domestica, lynx spider, Brachypelma, Avicularia, Myrmarachne plataleoides, Pirate spider, Spitting spider, Barking spider, Phidippus johnsoni, Brown huntsman spider, Bolas spiders, Latrodectus bishopi, Dolomedes, Striped bark scorpion, Gasteracantha cancriformis, Linyphiidae, Ricinulei, Button spider, Centruroides exilicauda, Argiope appensa, Porrhothele antipodiana, Araneus, Dysderidae, Hadrurus spadix, Tetranychus urticae, Argiope bruennichi, Pulmonoscorpius, Hogna, Sicarius, Ixodes scapularis, Trigonotarbida, Schizomida, Lycosa, Euophrys omnisuperstes, Segestria florentina, Tooth cave spider, Poecilotheria metallica, pinktoe tarantula, Scorpio maurus, Tegenaria atrica, Acariformes, Varroa, Dipluridae, Grammostola aureostriata, Phidippus, Sphodros rufipes, Phidippus mystaceus, Nephila edulis, Archaeidae, Paralysis tick, Bryobia praetiosa, Aname atra, Raft spider, Celaenia excavata, Brachypelma vagans, opisthosoma, Cheiracanthium punctorium, Argyrodes, Nephila pilipes, Bagheera kiplingi, Dry bite, Opistophthalmus, Haplopelma, Argiope argentata, Pyemotes herfsi, Pterinochilus murinus, Nemesiidae, Heteropoda, Harpactirinae, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Hackled orb-weaver, Barychelidae, Saitis barbipes, Triangulate cobweb spider, Poecilotheria, Latrodectus pallidus, Ornithoctoninae, Dermanyssus gallinae, Aphonopelma, Calponia harrisonfordi, Euscorpius, Greenbottle blue tarantula, Aphonopelma seemanni, Poecilotheria regalis, Grammostola, Acanthopelminae, Actinopodidae, Microstigmatidae, Attercopus, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid
Kingdom: animal
Phylum: arthropod
Wordnet Synset ID: "101769347"
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000009782b"
Related Websites: http://www.insectlifeforms.com/Classes497/SPIDERS_AND_SCORPIONS_ARACHNIDAE_605006_497.aspx, http://marlonstein.com/fotos/album/Aracnideos
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rvVifK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Arachnid
Mesh ID: "D001097"
Diseases DB id: "32967"
Dbpedia Class Url: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Arachnid
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/0lz1c"
Distinct From: insect, Crustacean, Myriapoda

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