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An animal belonging to the phylum Arthropoda; characterized by an external skeleton and jointed legs. May include certain insects and crustaceans.
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1877, from Modern Latin Arthropoda, literally "those with jointed feet," biological classification of the phylum of segmented, legged invertebrates; see Arthropoda.
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invertebrate animal with a segmented body, exoskeleton, and jointed appendages.
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Animal with jointed exoskeloton (exterior skeleton). E.g. mites, insects, spiders, slaters, millipedes.
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invertebrate animals that have a jointed exoskeleton. Read more on: Arthropod
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An invertebrate animal within the phylum Arthropoda.
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Phylum containing many animal species including spiders, crabs and all insects. This Greek word means jointed foot or leg, a characteristic feature of all insects, along with segmented bodies and hard exoskeleton.
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Member of Phylum Arthropoda having a hard exoskeleton and jointed legs; includes insects, crustaceans, and arachnids Backfin
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(Gk: arthron= joint; podos= foot) animal with a hard jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed appendages; a member of the largest phylum of animals in terms of numbers of species. Crabs, insects, spider [..]
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an invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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Member of Arthropoda, a major phylum within the ecdysozoa. This group, which is characterized by jointed legs, includes the insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, and crustaceans.
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any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods. Arthropods are characterised by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented bod [..]
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A jointed-legged invertebrate such as an insect or a crustacean.
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(n) invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
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Referring to an insect, spider, crab or other member of a species with a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired, jointed legs.
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an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
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Insects, crustaceans, spiders and other members of the phlym Arthropoda.
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animals with external skeletons and jointed legs; includes insects, spiders, and crabs
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Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed Legs. It includes the class Insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are [..]
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An invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
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Any of a phylum (Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals (as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) that have a segmented body and jointed apendages, a usually chitinous exoskeleton molted at intervals, and a dorsal anterior brain connected to a ventral chain of ganglia.
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An animal in the Arthropod Phylum. Thes animals have exoskeletons (hard part is on the outside), jointed legs, and segmented bodies (split into sections). This phylum includes insects, spiders, crusta [..]
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An animal of the phylum Arthropoda characterized by having a hard exo-skeleton, a body with a number of segments arranged longitudinally and paired jointed appendages. The phylum Arthropoda includes i [..]
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a group of animals belonging to the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by an exoskeleton
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any of a group of animals without backbones, such as insects and spiders, that have a segmented body, jointed limbs and an outer shell that is shed periodically (molted)
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the group of animals which have exoskeletons made of chitin, segmented bodies and jointed limbs. Insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others are arthropods.
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invertebrate animals (phylum Arthropoda) with jointed legs and a hard external skeleton, e.g. insects, spiders, crustaceans and millipedes
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group of related invertebrate animals with a hard, outer exoskeleton. These include insects, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, spiders, ticks, mites, etc.
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An invertebrate animal that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages. This classification includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans. Some types, such as mosquitoes and ticks [..]
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(Greek--joint foot) Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum (family) Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitino [..]
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Animal within the Phylum Arthropoda, which contains the insects, spiders, ticks and mites, crustaceans. Arthro = jointed; pod = foot.
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A diverse group of invertebrates that have jointed legs and an exoskeleton, or external skeleton. Aquatic arthropods include horseshoe crabs and crustaceans like blue crabs and barnacles. Terrestrial [..]
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Animals with three segmented body regions, a jointed exoskeleton, blood in body cavities, and a complex nervous system. Includes spiders and insects.
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An animal that has an exoskeleton.
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An invertebrate animal of the phylum ''Arthropoda'', characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
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