English > arthropod: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin. |
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| Member of | Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda | jointed-foot invertebrates |
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| Parts | apodeme | Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles |
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| arthromere | Any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod |
| carapace, shell, cuticle, shield | Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
| sclerite | Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods |
| thorax | The middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen |
| Narrower | Asian horseshoe crab | horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia |
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| Merostomata, class Merostomata | Used in some classifications |
| arachnid, arachnoid | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs |
| centipede | chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors |
| crustacean | Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
| eurypterid | large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs |
| garden centipede, garden symphilid, symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata | minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops |
| horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus | large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail |
| insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| instar | An insect or other arthropod between molts |
| millipede, millepede, milliped | Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs |
| myriapod | general term for any terrestrial / terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments |
| onychophoran, velvet worm, peripatus | Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests / forests having characteristics / characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms |
| sea spider, pycnogonid | Any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs |
| tardigrade | An arthropod of the division Tardigrada |
| tongue worm, pentastomid | wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth |
| trilobite | An extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times |
| Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
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| Spanish | arthropoda, artrópodo, artrópodos |
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| Catalan | artròpode |
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| Adjectives | arthropodal | of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda |
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