arachnid

Other forms of arachnid

plural

arachnids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arachnid

What does arachnid mean?

arachnid means "air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs".

How many syllables are in arachnid?

arachnid has 3 syllables: a-rach-nid. The stress falls on "rach". In IPA it is /əˈɹæknəd/.

What is another word for arachnid?

Close synonyms include arachnoid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arachnid a common word?

arachnid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.