クモ形がた類るい

also: くもがたるい

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Meanings

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noun

Scientific term for the class Arachnida, including spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. Used in biology and taxonomy.

蜘蛛くも形がた類るい

Kanji spelling using 蜘蛛 for 'spider'; less common in modern scientific contexts.

くもがたるい

クモ
クモ refers specifically to spiders, while クモ形類 is the broader taxonomic class Arachnida.
昆こん虫ちゅう
昆虫 means insects (class Insecta), a separate arthropod group from arachnids.

Compound of クモ (spider) + 形 (form, shape) + 類 (kind, class), literally 'spider-shaped group'. The reading がた is the rendaku form of かた (形).