ARTHROPOD


Meaning of ARTHROPOD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-thrə-ˌpäd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Arthropoda, from arthr- + Greek pod-, pous foot — more at foot

Date: 1876

: any of a phylum (Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals (as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) that have a segmented body and jointed appendages, a usually chitinous exoskeleton molted at intervals, and a dorsal anterior brain connected to a ventral chain of ganglia

• arthropod adjective

• ar·throp·o·dan är-ˈthrä-pə-dən adjective

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