Class Arachnida

Definition: Class Arachnida

1. A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings.

English words defined with "class Arachnida": arachnidian, arachnoid ♦ spiderlike, spiderly, spidery. (references)

Specialty definitions using "class Arachnida": Arachnid Vectors ♦ Scorpion Venoms. (references)

Photo Album: Class Arachnida

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Ticks are of the class Arachnida, as are spiders and mites. D. variabilis is a known carrier of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Credit: CDC.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Class Arachnida

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Sarcoptes scabei, human itch or mange mites, are in the arthropod class Arachnida, subclass Acari, family Sarcoptidae. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Anagrams: Class Arachnida

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-d-h-i-l-n-r-s-s"
	-4 letters: achalasias, anarchical, carnassial, saccharins.
	-5 letters: acaridans, achalasia, anasarcas, arachnids, arcadians, cardinals, characids, characins, handrails, saccharin, sandaracs.
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