arachnid
Example Sentences
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He’s now set to headline “Nest,” a movie about a young family whose home is invaded by deadly arachnids.
From Los Angeles Times
On three of the four walls there are floor-to-ceiling shelves stacked full of the arachnids, with a black curtain pulled across to keep them calm.
From BBC
He has used the example of Ebbsfleet in Kent, where he said the "dream of home ownership for thousands of families" had been "held back by arachnids".
From BBC
That includes the millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms that make up a major animal group called the Ecdysozoa.
From Science Daily
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
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