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Arthropoda
‖
Ar-throp′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἄρθρον
joint + -poda
.] (Zool.)
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
– Ar-throp′o-dal
, Adj.
Definition 2024
Arthropoda
Arthropoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Arthropoda
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages..
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Chelicerata (spiders etc.), Crustacea (crabs etc.), Hexapoda (insects etc.), Myriapoda (centipedes etc.) - extant subphyla; †Marrellomorpha (lace crabs), †Trilobitomorpha (trilobites) - extinct subphyla
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
arthropoda
Arthropoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Arthropoda
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia – the arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages..
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Chelicerata (spiders etc.), Crustacea (crabs etc.), Hexapoda (insects etc.), Myriapoda (centipedes etc.) - extant subphyla; †Marrellomorpha (lace crabs), †Trilobitomorpha (trilobites) - extinct subphyla
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521