Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of zoology that deals with spiders and other arachnids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of the Arachnida.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
study of theArachnida
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And when I say unusual and exceptional, I'm talking about things like ancient languages, tropical fruit trees, vampire lore, and arachnology--not to mention some serious stargazing.
Omni Daily Crush: "A Trip to the Stars" Omnivoracious 2009
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And when I say unusual and exceptional, I'm talking about things like ancient languages, tropical fruit trees, vampire lore, and arachnology--not to mention some serious stargazing.
Shelfari: Shelfari 2009
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Elias Pudd was a pioneer in the field of American arachnology, a follower of Emerton and McCook.
The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002
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As I pointed out at the time, my dinky little book about keeping tarantulas as pets underwent a far more rigorous “peer review” than Behe’s, uh, magnum opus did – I had three different experts on tarantulas two with PhD’s in arachnology and books of their own read the entire manuscript, cover to cover, twice, before I even sent it to the publisher.
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