Definition of arthropoda Arthropoda
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What does arthropoda mean?
WordNet
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| arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes | ||
| phylum Arthropoda | ||
| phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | ||
| animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- arthropoda (n. pl.)
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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arthropoda
ar-throp′od-a, n.pl. a great division of the animal kingdom, the body consisting of a definite number of segments, each having a pair of hollow jointed limbs into which the body muscles proceed. It again divides into two great groups—the water-breathers or Branchiata, and the air-breathers or Tracheata.—adj. Arthrop′odal. [Gr. arthron, joint, and pous, pod-os, a foot.]
Part of speech
🔤- arthropoda, noun, singular of arthropodas / arthropodae.
