Crossword-Solution: ARACHNOID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Arachnoid | a. | Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike. |
| Arachnoid | a. | Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater. |
| Arachnoid | a. | Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby. |
| Arachnoid | n. | The arachnoid membrane. |
| Arachnoid | n. | One of the Arachnoidea. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “ARACHNOID”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Daddy longlegs, e.g. | 1 answer |
| MENINGES, weblike middle layer of the three | 1 answer |
| Spiderlike | 1 answer |
| WEBLIKE middle layer of the three meninges | 1 answer |
| middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord | 1 answer |
| relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida | 1 answer |
| weblike membrane | 2 answers |
| Weblike. | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with ARACHNOID (5)
Among the capricious freaks of that emperor, it is said that he undertook to investigate the statistics of the arachnoid population of the capital, and that 10,000 pounds of spiders (or spiders' webs--for aranea is equivocal) were readily collected; but when he got up a mouse-show, he thought ten thousand mice a very fair number.
The dura mater, the two leaves of the arachnoid membrane, and the pia mater did not constitute more than one membrane of the usual thickness, and presented a somewhat yellow colouring.
The chest of one of them enclosed a small quantity of serosity; a similar fluid was between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane, and the same was the case in the larger ventricles of the encephalon.
The brain and spinal cord are protected by three important membranes, known as the meninges,—the dura mater, the arachnoid, and the pia mater.
The various serous membranes are the _pleura_ which envelops the lungs; the _pericardium_ which surrounds the heart; the _peritoneum_ which invests the viscera of the abdomen, and the _arachnoid_ in the spinal canal and cranial cavity.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2005–2022).