Arthropod
noun
A type of animal that has a hard outside body, like insects, spiders, and crabs.
Ants, spiders, and butterflies are all types of arthropods.
Often appears as...
- invertebrate arthropod
- marine arthropod
noun
Any creature belonging to the phylum Arthropoda, such as spiders, insects, and crustaceans.
Arthropods make up over 80% of all known living animal species.
Often appears as...
- arthropod species
- arthropod population
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Academic
noun
A type of animal that has a hard outside body, like insects, spiders, and crabs.
Ants, spiders, and butterflies are all types of arthropods.
Often appears as...
- invertebrate arthropod
- marine arthropod
noun
Any creature belonging to the phylum Arthropoda, such as spiders, insects, and crustaceans.
Arthropods make up over 80% of all known living animal species.
Often appears as...
- arthropod species
- arthropod population
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Insects
While insects are arthropods, not all arthropods are insects.
Remember, scorpions are arthropods but not insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard Body Feature
Arthropods have an exoskeleton, a supportive outer body structure.
Arthropods don't have bones inside; their hard shell is their skeleton.
Pro Tip 3/3Segmented Bodies
Arthropods' bodies are typically segmented into parts, like head, thorax, and abdomen.
You can observe the segmented body of an arthropod in a centipede.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Insects
While insects are arthropods, not all arthropods are insects.
Remember, scorpions are arthropods but not insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard Body Feature
Arthropods have an exoskeleton, a supportive outer body structure.
Arthropods don't have bones inside; their hard shell is their skeleton.
Pro Tip 3/3Segmented Bodies
Arthropods' bodies are typically segmented into parts, like head, thorax, and abdomen.
You can observe the segmented body of an arthropod in a centipede.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Insects
While insects are arthropods, not all arthropods are insects.
Remember, scorpions are arthropods but not insects.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard Body Feature
Arthropods have an exoskeleton, a supportive outer body structure.
Arthropods don't have bones inside; their hard shell is their skeleton.
Pro Tip 3/3Segmented Bodies
Arthropods' bodies are typically segmented into parts, like head, thorax, and abdomen.
You can observe the segmented body of an arthropod in a centipede.
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relationships that we find in these mite populations to determine not only how they're related to each other but we can use that to determine how we're related to each other and how we spread around the world and how humans moved through time it's very exciting to know that there's a tiny arthropod that that's
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Sheila Patek: Measuring...
their heel all the way to the flesh. But one of the convenient things about being an arthropod is that you have to molt. And every three months or so these animals molt, and they build a new limb and it's no problem. Very, very convenient solution to that particular problem.
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Are Mites Having Sex on...
relationships that we find in these mite populations to determine not only how they're related to each other but we can use that to determine how we're related to each other and how we spread around the world and how humans moved through time it's very exciting to know that there's a tiny arthropod that that's
Video examples
Sheila Patek: Measuring...
their heel all the way to the flesh. But one of the convenient things about being an arthropod is that you have to molt. And every three months or so these animals molt, and they build a new limb and it's no problem. Very, very convenient solution to that particular problem.
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