Taber's Medical Dictionary
Arachnida
(ă-răk′nĭ-dă )
[Gr. arachnē, spider, spider web + -ida ]
A class of the Arthropoda, including the spiders, Opiliones (harvestmen or daddy longlegs), scorpions, ticks, and mites.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Arachnida." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755799/all/Arachnida.
Arachnida. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755799/all/Arachnida. Accessed May 13, 2026.
Arachnida. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755799/all/Arachnida
Arachnida [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 13]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755799/all/Arachnida.
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