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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Acarina | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Arachnida \[d8]A*rach"ni*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] spider.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[91] nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[91] or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[91] 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. | |
