HyperDic: phylum_arthropoda

English > 1 sense of the expression phylum Arthropoda:
NOUNanimalphylum Arthropoda, Arthropodajointed-foot invertebrates
English > phylum Arthropoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningjointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes.
SynonymArthropoda
Member ofAnimalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdomtaxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
MembersChelicerata, superclass Chelicerataspiders
Chilopoda, class Chilopodaarthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs
Crustacea, class CrustaceaClass of mandibulate arthropods including
Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapodaarthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs
Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapodainsects
Onychophora, class Onychophoraenigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial / terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions
Pauropoda, class PauropodaAn obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs
Pentastomida, subphylum Pentastomidatongue worms
Symphyla, class Symphylasmall class of minute arthropods
Tardigrada, class TardigradaIn some classifications considered a separate phylum
arthropodinvertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
insectsmall air-breathing arthropod
superclass MyriapodaUsed in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda)
Broaderphylum(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
Spanishartrópodos
CatalanArtròpode
Adjectivesarthropodal, arthropodan, arthropodousof or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda

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