Recent Examples on the WebFound in the Antarctic, this male pycnogonid spider (or a distant relative of a spider, anyway) bears its own eggs.—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022 Sea spiders, also known as pycnogonids, aren’t actual spiders.—Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 10 July 2017
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Word History
Etymology
ultimately from Greek pyknos + gony knee — more at knee entry 1
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