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arthropod

[ ahr-thruh-pod ]

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noun

any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.

Also ar·throp·o·dal [] ar·throp·o·dan [] ar·throp·o·dous [] belonging or pertaining to the Arthropoda.

arthropod

/ ɑːˈθrɒpədəs; ˈɑːθrəˌpɒd /

any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having jointed limbs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton made of chitin. The group includes the crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes

arthropod

/ är′thrə-pŏd′ /

Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthopoda, characterized by an exoskeleton made of chitin and a segmented body with pairs of jointed appendages. Arthropods share many features with annelids and may have evolved from them in the Precambrian Era. Arthropods include the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods, and extinct trilobites, and are the largest phylum in the animal kingdom.

1875–80; < New Latin Arthropoda; arthro-, -pod

C19 from NL, from Gk arthron joint + podus footed, from pous foot

Audouin gave the detailed demonstration of this by his accurate and minute determination of the pieces of the arthropod skeleton.

Turn the Arthropod on its back and the relative positions of the systems of organs are the same as in the Vertebrate.

Instances are seen in the Tunicata, and in various parasitic arthropod forms, such as Lerna, etc.

Such an arrangement suggests that in the ancient arthropod type a double segmentation existed, viz.

These cavities both in the vertebrate and in the arthropod disappear before the adult condition is reached.

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