arthropodan

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ar·thro·pod

(är′thrə-pŏd′)

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.

[From New Latin Arthropoda, phylum name : arthro- + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

ar′thro·pod adj.

ar·throp′o·dan (är-thrŏp′ə-dən), ar·throp′o·dal (-dəl) adj.

arthropodan

(ɑːˈθrɒpədən)

adj

relating to arthropods

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arthropodan - of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda

arthropodal, arthropodous

zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals

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Structure and stability of arthropodan hemocyanin Limulus polyphemus.

Analytical and semipreparative HPLC analysis and isolation of hemocyanin from the American lobster Homarus americanus

Manton, "Locomotory habits and the evolution of the larger arthropodan groups," in Proceedings of the Symposium of the Society of Experimental Biology, vol.

Walking behavior observed in Phoxichilidium femoratum (Rathke, 1799) and Nymphon brevirostre Hodge 1863 collected from Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea, Russia

Origin of the insect wing and wing articulation from the arthropodan leg.

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Aegimia Stal, 1874 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)

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