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Arachnids

Class Arachnida: eight legged arthropods with two body segments, including spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites. Excludes insects, which have six legs and three body segments, a distinction visitors often blur but the classification does not.

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Oviparous (Egg-Laying) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Arachnid
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Arachnids usually lay yolky eggs, which hatch into immatures that resemble adults.
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