arthropods

Cultural  

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 • Feb. 14, 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

For some groups, such as arthropods and plants and land vertebrates, extinction rates have actually declined over the last 100 years, notably since the early 1900s, he added.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

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 • Aug. 18, 2025

I learned that insects are arthropods and that they have tibias too!

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper