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arachnids
/ɚˈæknədz/
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uh-RAK-nudz: ch sounds like k.
The opening vowel is r-colored as it leads into the stressed short a. Finish with a light vowel followed by d and a voiced z.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The display compared insects with arachnids.”
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noun
- plural of arachnid
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IPA pronunciation
/ɚˈæknədz/
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Dr. Oswald Heer, professor at Zurich, an accomplished botanist and entomologist, did perhaps nine tenths of the work, describing plants, insects, arachnids and part of the Crustacea.