arthropods

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1. A phylum, or major division of the animal kingdom. Arthropods are animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies, such as insects, spiders, centipedes, and crustaceans. There are more species of arthropods than of any other animal phylum.

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Example Sentences

This species produces especially sticky mucus, which is related to its diet as a predator of arthropods.

From Science Daily

Spider-parasitic mites feed on lymph, a fluid that circulates through the bodies of certain arthropods.

From Science Daily

Early land was just beginning to host simple plants similar to liverworts, along with many-legged arthropods creeping along coastlines.

From Science Daily

Mollusks such as snails and mussels, along with vertebrates, were the most affected, while plants and arthropods faced relatively few losses.

From Science Daily

Ticks are active throughout the year in California, but risk typically peaks in the spring when the biting arthropods are born, and in fall, after the first rains.

From Los Angeles Times