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arthropod

(-päd′)

noun

any of the largest phylum (Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals with jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton, including insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods

Origin: arthro- + -pod

Related Forms:

arthropodal adjective or arthropodan or arthropodous

See arthropod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Arthropoda, phylum name

Origin: : arthro-

Origin: + New Latin -poda, -pod

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