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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·rach·ni·da n. pl.  Zool. One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.
 Note: ☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ar·thro·gas·tra n. pl.  Zool. A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
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