arachnid

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Despite noble false widow spiders’ taste for large prey, Dunbar doubts the arachnids will ever pose a serious threat to vertebrates such as pygmy shrews.

From Scientific American

That's certainly what the headlines are implying, at least; one typical example, from Axios, reads "Giant spiders expected to drop from sky across the East Coast this spring," which conjures up visions of paratrooper arachnids.

From Salon

These arachnids, sometimes called daddy longlegs, are cousins of spiders whose outdoorsy lifestyle sets them apart from the other creatures called daddy longlegs, which are more properly known as cellar spiders.

From New York Times

Grant Holloway, a hurdler from Chesapeake, Va., with a dancer’s body and arachnid legs, walked to the other end, placed his feet in starting blocks and looked up at 10 high obstacles to navigate.

From Washington Post

Now, scientists have shortened the legs of one species—and turned them into food-handling limbs—by tweaking the arachnids’ DNA expression.

From Science Magazine