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

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

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026

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

But “arbovirus vaccines“ meant to target viruses transmitted by arthropods and insects “have been recently approved in many countries,” he said, including vaccines for dengue and Chikungunya, which are similar but more severe.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

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

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