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arachnid

noun
/əˈɹæknɪd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρᾰ́χνη (ărắkhnē) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. Middle French -ide French -ide French arachnidebor. English arachnid From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) with the suffix -id. By surface analysis, arachn- + -id.

  1. derived from ἀράχνη
  2. borrowed from arachnide

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at arachnid. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01arachnid02scorpions03scorpion04pincers05claws06claw07chela

A definitional loop anchored at arachnid. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at arachnid

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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