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ar⋅thro⋅pod

  [ahr-thruh-pod]
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–noun
1. 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.
–adjective
2. Also, ar⋅throp⋅o⋅dal  [ahr-throp-uh-dl] , ar⋅throp⋅o⋅dan  [ahr-throp-uh-dn] , ar⋅throp⋅o⋅dous  [ahr-throp-uh-duhs] . belonging or pertaining to the Arthropoda.
Origin:
1875–80; < NL Arthropoda; see arthro-, -pod
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ar·thro·pod   (är'thrə-pŏd')   
n.  Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.

[From New Latin Arthropoda, phylum name : arthro- + New Latin -poda, -pod.]
ar'thro·pod adj., ar·throp'o·dan (är-thrŏp'ə-dən), ar·throp'o·dal (-dəl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

arthropod 
1877, from Mod.L. Arthropoda, lit. "those with jointed feet," biological classification of the phylum of segmented, legged invertebrates; introduced 1845 by Ger. anatomist and zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-85) and coined by him from Gk. arthron "a joint" (from PIE *ar-dhro-, from *ar- "to fit together") + podos gen. of pous "foot" (see foot).
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arthropod ar·thro·pod (är'thrə-pŏd')
n.
Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods.

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