HyperDic

English > 3 senses of the word *arachnoid*:
ADJECTIVE	pert	arachnoid, arachnidian, spidery, spiderlike, spiderly	relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida
NOUN	body	arachnoid, arachnoid membrane	the middle of the 3 meninges
animal	arachnoid, arachnid	air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

English > *arachnoid*: 3 senses > adjective 1, pert
Meaning	relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
Synonyms	arachnidian, spidery, spiderlike, spiderly
Category	zoology, zoological science	The branch of biology that studies animals
Nouns	arachnoid	air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
Nouns	class Arachnida	a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs

English > *arachnoid*: 3 senses > noun 1, body
Meaning	The middle of the 3 meninges.
Synonym	arachnoid membrane
Part of	leptomeninges	The two innermost layers of the meninges
Broader	meninx, meninges	A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord

English > *arachnoid*: 3 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs.
Synonym	arachnid
Member of	Arachnida, class Arachnida	A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs
Narrower	acarine	mite or tick
	false scorpion, pseudoscorpion	small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
	harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio	spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs
	scorpion	arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger
	spider	predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body
	whip-scorpion, whip scorpion	nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger
Broader	arthropod	invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Adjectives	arachnoid	relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida