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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The researchers examined arthropods, the enormous group of animals that includes insects, spiders, crabs and centipedes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

But these same strange, delicate, leggy arthropods also haunt our nightmares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

For decades, it remained part of a collection of seemingly ordinary specimens until Lerosey-Aubril chose to examine it as part of his research on early arthropods.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026

They also found many arthropods -- a family that includes modern-day crabs and insects -- including spiny, stalk-eyed creatures called radiodonts which were the apex predator of the time.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

However, it belongs to the same group of arthropods as the blue crab, has essentially the same physiology, and would presumably suffer the same effects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson