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

He would know: Kritsky is a kind of entomologist-historian, writing books and articles with such tantalizing titles as The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt or "The Insects and Arthropods of the Bible."

From Salon • May 11, 2021

Arthropods around the globe also have to contend with pathogens and invasive species.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018

Arthropods first appear in the fossil record some 530 million years ago.

From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2015

Arthropods, such as insects, spiders, and crabs, have an outer skeleton, called the exoskeleton, which protects their internal body parts.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

We are compelled to take a similar view of the agreement between the tracheal air-tubes of Arachnida and other tracheate Arthropods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various