arachnid

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A map of the routes with arrows arching across the country gave the operation its arachnid moniker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid has informally named it the white-knuckled wolf spider.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

For Waterhouse, the discovery of the arachnid wasn’t just throwaway internet fodder — it became a metaphor for her own memoir and, in turn, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” due Sept. 13 on Sub Pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

This led the two scientists to conclude it doesn't belong in any of the known arachnid orders.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

Just because you’ve called something a spider once doesn’t mean that the next time you have to call it an arachnid or a predaceous eight-legged creepy-crawly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner