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arthropod
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
Related Forms:
- arthropodal adjective or arthropodan or arthropodous
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