English > Arthropoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes. |
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| Synonym | phylum Arthropoda |
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| Member of | Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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| Members | Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata | spiders |
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| Chilopoda, class Chilopoda | arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs |
| Crustacea, class Crustacea | Class of mandibulate arthropods including |
| Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda | arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs |
| Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda | insects |
| Onychophora, class Onychophora | enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial / terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions |
| Pauropoda, class Pauropoda | An obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs |
| Pentastomida, subphylum Pentastomida | tongue worms |
| Symphyla, class Symphyla | small class of minute arthropods |
| Tardigrada, class Tardigrada | In some classifications considered a separate phylum |
| arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
| insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
| superclass Myriapoda | Used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda) |
| Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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| Spanish | artrópodos |
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| Catalan | Artròpode |
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| Adjectives | arthropodal, arthropodous | of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda |
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