n. An arachnidan. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders:
n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.)
‖n. [ NL. See Arachnida. ] (Zool.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. [ 1913 Webster ]