eight legs
Octopus limb total
Eight legs is the defining feature of arachnids—spiders, scorpions, ticks, and their relatives—distinguishing them from insects, which have six.
The phrase appears in children's rhymes and nature discussions: Spiders have eight legs.
Octopuses also have eight limbs, though these are technically arms rather than legs.
- spiderWeb-spinning arachnid
- spider webSilk structure catching insects
- black widowLethal spider species
- octopusEight-limbed sea mollusk
- arachnidEight-legged wingless arthropod
tarantula · wolf spider · scorpion · spider bite · crab · sea spider · web · crawling · fangs · venom · tentacles · creepy · creepy crawly · hairy · spinning · silk · spider silk · arthropod
- leg countsbipedal, quadruped, hexapod, octopod, decapod
- Anansi folkloreAnansi, spider, trickster, web, sky god
- cellar spiderscellar spider, cellar spiders, daddy longlegs spider
- arachnidsspider, spiders, arachnid, scorpion, scorpions
- spidersspiders, huntsman, tarantula, spider silk, spider webs
- bug partsantennae, thorax, abdomen, head, wings
eight legsinsect
Six-legged invertebrate
hexapod · four legs · vertebrate · mammal · two legs
eight legslegless
Having no limbs
limbless · serpentine · worm-like · slug-like
eight, eights, eighth, eighths, eighty, eighties, eightieth, eighteen, eighteens