Arthropoda

[ahr-throp-uh-duh]

noun

the phylum comprising the arthropods.

Origin of Arthropoda

1865–70; < New Latin; see arthro-, -poda

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Examples from the Web for arthropoda

Historical Examples of arthropoda

Further ecological studies on stratification of the Arthropoda.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth
An hibernal study of Arthropoda with reference to hibernation.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth
This subkingdom is known by naturalists under the name of the Arthropoda.
The Butterfly Book
William Jacob Holland
The subkingdom of the Arthropoda is again subdivided into six classes.
The Butterfly Book
William Jacob Holland
The great branch Arthropoda includes a host of familiar animals.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition
Vernon L. Kellogg

Word Origin and History for arthropoda

Arthropoda

1870, Modern Latin, literally "those with jointed feet," coined 1845 by German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-1885) from Greek arthron "a joint" (see arthro-) + podos genitive of pous "foot" (see foot (n.)).

arthropoda in Medicine

Arthropoda

[är-thrŏp′ə-də]

A phylum of the Metazoa that includes crustaceans, insects, arachnids, centipedes, millipedes, and horseshoe crabs.