arachnid
Example Sentences
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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
As Ms Teni offloads one arachnid that was delivered to her in a Vegemite jar, she stresses her team isn't telling Australians to go looking for the spiders and "throw themselves into danger".
From BBC • May 16, 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 compact arachnid had a body length of about 1.5 centimeters and is characterized by its remarkably robust and spiny legs -- such that it is quite unlike any other arachnid known, living or extinct."
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
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