Arthropod

Word ARTHROPOD
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Hyphenation ar thro pod
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What do we mean by arthropod?

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. noun

A jointed invertebrate animal with jointed legs; one of the Arthropoda. noun

Arthropodous; pertaining to or having the characters of the Arthropoda.

One of the Arthropoda. noun

An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages. noun

Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin noun

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The word "arthropod" in example sentences

From the diminutive to the rather large, something for fans of invertebrates, Hurdia victoria, a half-meter long predatory arthropod from the famous Cambrian-aged Burgess Shale of British Columbia. ❋ Mechangel (2009)

Researchers who have had the chance to see the amazing fossil say that the only thing you need to investigate the arthropod is a microscope. ❋ Tudor Vieru (2010)

He ditched me for an arthropod but I'm almost over it ... ❋ The Nag (2009)

It seemed to be to be about a foot long (probably six inches), it's arthropod feet scuttling along the floor, humping it's multiple legs in a nasty fashion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The team has so far recorded 100 different arthropod species, but Rust said they expect to find more, some of which are likely to be close relatives of animals in Africa and Madagascar. ❋ Ian Sample (2010)

Fossil hunters find 150kg of amber in Gujarat province containing over 700 arthropod specimens ❋ Ian Sample (2010)

Far more satisfying was the Howard Wolowitz/Sheldon Cooper showdown over whether their captured arthropod was Toby the common field cricket or Jiminy the snow tree cricket. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I surmised this expiring unfortunate was being readied for implantation onto the thorax of an ultra-large arthropod, and so his eyes seemed to suggest as he went down in struggle. ❋ Andrew Edwards (2011)

Coarsely printed woodcuts demonstrated of travelers rent and dying after an onslaught of arthropod monsters surmounted by cruel, angry men. ❋ Andrew Edwards (2011)

Thomas Hardwicke's collection included arthropod drawings with precise details, such as this tarantula by an artist only known as J. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I had known Thogg'n was some supposed arthropod lord of the inner earth, especially noted during the beetly summer of a more primitive Northeast than we had come to inherit. ❋ Andrew Edwards (2012)

Though none amongst them ever gave willing sign of it, they were very close in description to certain minions of a buried, arthropod overlord that ruled in fissures and craters and was said to marshal terrible humanoid armies deep in a cavernous earth. ❋ Andrew Edwards (2011)

Many experts believe that dengue is now the most worrisome arthropod-borne virus, or arbovirus, in the world (arthropods, which include insects, spiders, and crustaceans, have segmented body parts and an exoskeleton). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Biological control of arthropod pests in outdoor crops – the new challenge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She has been a Hut Naturalist for the Appalachian Mountain Club, has worked for the Sierra Club analyzing Illinois environmental policy, and has studied canopy arthropod biodiversity with The Nature Conservancy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only photo of a fossil Nectocaris that I could find was in The Fossils of the Burgess Shale Brigs, Erwin and Collier, and it still looks like an arthropod to me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has two camera eyes — not arthropod-like compound eyes — on stalks, an axial cavity containing paired gills like the mantles of modern cephalopods, and a flexible siphon opening into that cavity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Environmental Protection Agency, on arthropod-borne diseases to the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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