arthropods
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θrəˌpɒd 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.
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arthropod (ˈɑːθrəˌpɒd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
| [C19 from NL, from Gk arthron joint + podus footed, from pous foot] | |
| arthropodous | |
| —adj | |
| ar'thropodal | |
| —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; see Arthropoda.
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Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
arthropod  (är'thrə-pŏd') Pronunciation Key
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. |
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arthropods [(ahr-thruh-podz)]A phylum, or major division of the animal kingdom. Arthropods are animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies, such as insects, spiders, centipedes, and crustaceans. There are more species of arthropods than of any other animal phylum.
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Example sentences
Oddly, toxicity of these substances is only quoted for arthropods, two of them: silverfish and shrimp.
It can expand the range of insects and arthropods that can transmit disease.
Vertebrate chemical defense: secreted and topically acquired deterrents of arthropods.
These hardy, adaptable arthropods have been around for hundreds of millions of years, and they are nothing if not survivors.
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