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 →

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 →
• Arachnids have eight legs. tree →
• Ticks are tiny arachnids that can carry disease. tree →
• Scorpions are arachnids with a stinging tail. tree →
• How many legs do 5 arachnids have in all? tree →
• We drew an arachnid and labelled its two body parts. tree →

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.
• Then ask, don't attack: "I read that spiders are arachnids because of the eight legs, is that right?"
• Spiders are not insects; they are arachnids with eight legs, while insects have six.
• Spiders are arachnids, like scorpions and ticks: two body parts, eight legs, no antennae and no wings.
• Spiders are arachnids, together with scorpions, ticks and mites.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arachnid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.