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Word: arachnid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long pants taped into sock tops, many people actually do it, though the fashion statement is irredeemably tacky. The meticulous daily body inspection that is the most effective preventive is now a normal routine, like flossing teeth. What you are looking for is the nymphal stage of an arachnid (not an insect) that is louse-size only as an adult and that as a nymph has been compared to a dark freckle. Where you are looking is behind the knees, in pubic and scalp hair, under watchbands, in armpits. Yes, you need a partner for this, and perhaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life In The Age Of Lyme | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...Plot, admirably scripted by Don Jackoby and Wesley Strick from a story by Jackoby and Al Williams, centers on a giant Venezuelan spider, accidentaly imported into a small northern Californian town in the coffin of its first victim. The belligerant arachnid then mates with a harmless domestic spider, creating a deadly army of offspring which quickly goes about killing members of the unsuspecting populace. The remainder of the film concerns itself with the town's efforts to rid itself of the newly acquired menace...

Author: By Garrett A. Price iii, | Title: What's Giant, Venezuelan, and Introduces Itself To You When You Open a California Coffin? | 7/27/1990 | See Source »

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