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# arachnid

«arachnid» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small animal with eight legs and a body in two main…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an arachnid, arachnids); adjective (arachnid)

### meaning for a pupil

An arachnid is a small animal with eight legs and a body in two main parts, such as a spider, scorpion, tick or mite. Arachnids are not insects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons arachnids are a group of animals compared with insects: insects have six legs, arachnids eight; you can count legs in maths problems. In safety, some arachnids such as certain spiders, scorpions and ticks can bite or sting. Phrases: «spiders are arachnids».

### examples

- A spider is an arachnid, not an insect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x1)
- Arachnids have eight legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x2)
- Ticks are tiny arachnids that can carry disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x3)
- Scorpions are arachnids with a stinging tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x4)
- How many legs do 5 arachnids have in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x5)
- We drew an arachnid and labelled its two body parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/#x6)

### note

Pronounced a-RACK-nid. Myth: spiders are insects — they are not. Arachnids have 8 legs, insects 6. Maths: legs = 8 × number of arachnids.

### In the corpora

- [Scorpions are arachnids whose outer shell glows blue-green under ultraviolet light; mothers carry their babies on their backs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/15/)
- [Then ask, don't attack: "I read that spiders are arachnids because of the eight legs, is that right?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/2/)
- [Spiders are not insects; they are arachnids with eight legs, while insects have six.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/33-when-the-teacher-gets-it-wrong/8/)
- [Spiders are arachnids, like scorpions and ticks: two body parts, eight legs, no antennae and no wings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/3/)
- [Spiders are arachnids, together with scorpions, ticks and mites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/72-insects-and-spiders/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arachnid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arachnid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.