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ar·thro·pod
(är′thrə-pŏd′)n.
Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
ar′thro·pod adj.
ar·throp′o·dan (är-thrŏp′ə-dən), ar·throp′o·dal (-dəl) adj.
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arthropod
(ˈɑːθrəˌpɒd)n
(Zoology) any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having jointed limbs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton made of chitin. The group includes the crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and centipedes
[C19 from NL, from Gk arthron joint + podus footed, from pous foot]
arthropodous, arˈthropodal adj
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ar•thro•pod
(ˈɑr θrəˌpɒd)n.
1. any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and a mineralized chitinous shell covering and including insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
adj. 2. Also, ar•throp•o•dal (ɑrˈθrɒp ə dl) ar•throp•o•dan (ɑrˈθrɒp ə dn) belonging or pertaining to the Arthropoda.
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ar·thro·pod
(är′thrə-pŏd′) Any of numerous invertebrate animals having a segmented body, segmented appendages, and an external skeleton. Crustaceans, insects, and arachnids are all arthropods. Arthropods are the largest phylum in the animal kingdom.
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arthropod
any invertebrate of the phylum that includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods with jointed legs. — arthropod, arthropodal, arthropodan, arthropodous, adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes trilobite - an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts myriapod - general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes garden centipede, garden symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata, symphilid - minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops tardigrade - an arthropod of the division Tardigrada 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 millepede, milliped, millipede - any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs pycnogonid, sea spider - any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs class Merostomata, Merostomata - used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus, king crab - 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; a living fossil related to the wood louse Asian horseshoe crab - horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia eurypterid - large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs pentastomid, tongue worm - wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals sclerite - hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles apodeme - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton onychophoran, peripatus, velvet worm - any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms insect - small air-breathing arthropod instar - an insect or other arthropod between molts arthromere - any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod thorax - the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen |
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Translations
členovec
leddyr
ArthropodeGliederfüßer
niveljalkainen
artropode
せっそくどうぶつ節足動物
leddjur
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arthropod
n → Gliederfüßer m; the arthropods → die Arthropoden pl
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arthropod
[ˈɑːθrəˌpɒd] n → artropode mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995