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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arachnophobia /əˌraknəˈfəʊbɪə/

▶noun extreme or irrational fear of spiders.

– derivatives
arachnophobe noun,
arachnophobic adjective.

– origin 1920s: mod. L., from Gk arakhnē ‘spider’ + -phobia.

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