Arthropoda

[ ahr-throp-uh-duh ]

noun

1. the phylum comprising the arthropods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arthropoda¹

1865–70; < New Latin; arthro-, -poda ( def )

Example Sentences

Arthrozoa, a name sometimes given to all articulated animals, including the arthropoda and worms.

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Yet in the next family Alonella nana (Baird) disputes the palm and claims to be the smallest of all known Arthropoda.

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The chief feature in which Peripatus was supposed to differ from normal Arthropoda and Annelida, viz.

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The sub-kingdom Arthropoda contains a vast assemblage of animals, all of which, as the name implies, possess jointed appendages.

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The name Arthropoda, meaning "jointed-footed," suggests perhaps one of the most obvious points of resemblance.

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