arthropod

noun

ar·thro·pod ˈär-thrə-ˌpäd How to pronounce arthropod (audio)

: any of a phylum (Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals (such 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

arthropodan

är-ˈthrä-pə-dən How to pronounce arthropod (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Velvet worms are incredibly social; studying them provides clues to the evolution of social behavior in arthropods.

Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2020 Its dense shade cools mountain streams, and its leaves and branches host hundreds of insects and other arthropods.

Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, 15 Jan. 2020 In 2008, researchers uncovered a similar line of the prehistoric arthropods.

Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019 Moreover, like many endemic insect and arthropod species, velvet worms are highly local.

Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2020 Across the natural world — in vertebrates, arthropods and plants — new species most often arise after a little more than 2 million years.

Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2015 The mealworms that stuffed themselves on plastic were in turn fed to Pacific whiteleg shrimp, tasty arthropods commonly sold in supermarkets for human consumption.

Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 19 Dec. 2019 Add it all up, and light is one of the major causes of mortality for arthropods.

Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019 Amphibians, mollusks and arthropods – including the Sonoran tiger salamander, white wartyback pearly mussel and Florida leafwing butterfly – were sensitive to the greatest number of factors related to climate change.

Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

from base of New Latin Arthropoda, group name, from arthro- arthro- + -poda, neuter plural of Greek -podos -pod

Note: The taxon Arthropoda, "those with jointed limbs," was introduced by the German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-85) in Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie, von v. Siebold und Stannius [Hermann Friedrich Stannius], Erster Teil, Wirbellose Thiere, von C.Th. v. Siebold (Berlin, 1848), p. 4. Note that the first part of the Lehrbuch was published after the second part, released in 1846, an irregularity that has resulted in Arthropoda being incorrectly dated to that year, and credited to both Stannius and von Siebold. See the discussion in Thomas A. Hegna, et al., "The correct authorship of the taxon name 'Arthropoda'," Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, vol. 71, no. 2 (November 19, 2013), pp. 71-74.

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

单词	arthropod
释义	arthropod noun ar·thro·pod ˈär-thrə-ˌpäd : any of a phylum (Arthropoda) of invertebrate animals (such 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 arthropodan är-ˈthrä-pə-dən adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Velvet worms are incredibly social; studying them provides clues to the evolution of social behavior in arthropods. Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2020 Its dense shade cools mountain streams, and its leaves and branches host hundreds of insects and other arthropods. Gabriel Popkin, Science \| AAAS, 15 Jan. 2020 In 2008, researchers uncovered a similar line of the prehistoric arthropods. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 Oct. 2019 Moreover, like many endemic insect and arthropod species, velvet worms are highly local. Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2020 Across the natural world — in vertebrates, arthropods and plants — new species most often arise after a little more than 2 million years. Quanta Magazine, 5 May 2015 The mealworms that stuffed themselves on plastic were in turn fed to Pacific whiteleg shrimp, tasty arthropods commonly sold in supermarkets for human consumption. Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 19 Dec. 2019 Add it all up, and light is one of the major causes of mortality for arthropods. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019 Amphibians, mollusks and arthropods – including the Sonoran tiger salamander, white wartyback pearly mussel and Florida leafwing butterfly – were sensitive to the greatest number of factors related to climate change. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019 See More Word History Etymology from base of New Latin Arthropoda, group name, from arthro- arthro- + -poda, neuter plural of Greek -podos -pod Note: The taxon Arthropoda, "those with jointed limbs," was introduced by the German zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-85) in Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie, von v. Siebold und Stannius [Hermann Friedrich Stannius], Erster Teil, Wirbellose Thiere, von C.Th. v. Siebold (Berlin, 1848), p. 4. Note that the first part of the Lehrbuch was published after the second part, released in 1846, an irregularity that has resulted in Arthropoda being incorrectly dated to that year, and credited to both Stannius and von Siebold. See the discussion in Thomas A. Hegna, et al., "The correct authorship of the taxon name 'Arthropoda'," Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, vol. 71, no. 2 (November 19, 2013), pp. 71-74. First Known Use 1857, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition arthropod noun ar·thro·pod ˈär-thrə-ˌpäd : any of a large group of animals (as crabs, insects, and spiders) with jointed limbs and a body made up of segments
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arthropod

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