Sentences with phrase «called arachnids»

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Called camel spiders, baardskeerders [beard - cutters], sun spiders, wind scorpions, and other colorful names, Solifugae are an order of arachnids that are neither spiders nor scorpions.

Called ogre - faced spiders because of their looks, these gangly arachnids are also known as net - casting spiders for their hunting technique.

Although small spiders commonly use a behavior called «ballooning,» in which they use a silk line to catch the wind and carry them to new locations, this is the first time that controlled gliding has been demonstrated in arachnids.

Members of an earlier arachnid branch, called the Uraraneida, known from 385 - million - year - old fossils, were also spiderlike in appearance, Garwood said, but had a long, tail - like structure called the flagellum that disappeared before I. brasieri branched off the family tree.

Nor does the newly described species sport a taillike segment called a telson that's often seen in earlier and more primitive arachnids.

arthropod Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids and myriapods, that are characterized by an exoskeleton made of a hard material called chitin and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are attached in pairs.

Setton also identified a gene, called arrow, that when disrupted set off a cascade of cellular signaling events suggesting for the first time important relationships between segmentation and leg - development genes found across insects and arachnids.

The enemy hordes, too, are effectively creepy and aberrant, coming in sizes ranging from your run - of - the - mill, Middle Earth - style orcs (or wargar, as the game calls them) to gargantuan arachnid beasts and even dragons.

BIG BLACK SCORPION BRAWL Crossout's newest Brawl Mode (all game modes outside regular battles) is called «Big Black Scorpions», and it will literally see you jump corners — and not just out of possible fear of arachnids!

Arachnids, as well as most of the other invertebrates on the pet market, are exclusively out and about well after last call.

Calling the Reflex a futuristic arachnid, preferably a spider, isn't a bad thing.

Known to most as the Butcher, but he's also been called the Swarm Slayer, the Enforcer, Arachnid Assassin, the Bug Hunter, Hive Destroyer, The Hand of Death, and many more including Short Stack and Secret Egg.

The brave Fencer, Wing Diver, and Air Raider (new to Earth Defense Force 2) classes call in airstrikes, commandeer tanks, and operate giant robots to destroy monstrosities — including enormous arachnids, insects, and winged creatures.