arachnoid
- Adjective. Relating to spiders.
- Adjective. Relating to or resembling spider webs.
- Adjective. (anatomy) Relating to the arachnoid mater, the middle layer of the meninges, the three membranes that protect the brain.
- Noun. (biology) An arachnid.
- Noun. (physiology) The arachnoid mater, the middle layer of the meninges, the three membranes that protect the brain.
- Noun. (astronomy) A round network of fractures in the crust of Venus.
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