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Lobsters, spiders, etc.
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arthropoda
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Word definitions for arthropoda in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal , a. [1913 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1870, Modern Latin, literally "those with jointed feet," coined 1845 by German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-1885) from Greek arthron "a joint" (see arthro- ) + podos genitive of pous "foot" (see foot (n.)).
Usage examples of arthropoda.
The pleomorphic helico virus had as its vector a species of arthropoda, a tick, which transferred itself readily from phagor to human.
Winter weekends, whole summers out in the woods, in empty lots, in our immense, dark backyard, examining the scat of rabbits, catching bizarre electrical arthropoda in jars, convinced, sensing firsthand the terrible expanse of the place.
Despite my oft-noted resemblance to a cockroach or a crab you are much more closely related to your order crustacea or arthropoda than I.
Perhaps if her collection included species from Phylum Arthropoda rather than the tediously inelegant Mammalia, I might find it of some small value.
It is not a member of phylum arthropoda, therefore it cannot be an unknown form of beetle, weevil, leaf miner, grasshopper, or termite.