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 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
a. Relating to the Arthropoda.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda [syn: arthropodan, arthropodous]
Usage examples of "arthropodal".
He had decided that the Shaaran was a bossy female, and he did not like bossy females, mammalian, arthropodal or whatever.
Although he had never made a deep study of the arthropodal race he knew, as did all spacemen, which Terran luxuries were appreciated by the Shaara.
Perhaps it was merely a kind of arthropodal pack rat and wished to add you to its collection.