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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arachnida \A*rach"ni*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? spider.]
     (Zool.)
     One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in
     Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[ae] nor wings,
           a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[ae] or
           palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the
           thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[ae] or by
           pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three
           principal orders: {Araneina}, or spiders;
           {Arthrogastra}, including scorpions, etc.; and
           {Acarina}, or mites and ticks.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Araneina \A*ra`ne*i"na\ ([.a]*r[=a]`n[-e]*[imac]"n[.a]), n. pl.
     [NL., fr. L. aranea spider.] (Zool.)
     The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: They have mandibles, modified as poison fangs, leglike
           palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments, and
           spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by
           pulmonary sacs and trache[ae] in the abdomen. See
           Illustration in Appendix.
           [1913 Webster]

















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