arthropod

Noun
  1. Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin (synset 101770302)
    is a type of: invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
    subtypes:
    • trilobite - an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts
    • arachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
    • myriapod - general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
    • garden centipede, garden symphilid, scutigerella immaculata, symphilid - minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
    • tardigrade - an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
    • centipede - chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
    • millepede, milliped, millipede - any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs
    • pycnogonid, sea spider - any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
    • class merostomata, merostomata - used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida
    • horseshoe crab, king crab, limulus polyphemus, xiphosurus polyphemus - large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
    • asian horseshoe crab - horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia
    • eurypterid - large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
    • pentastomid, tongue worm - wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals
    • crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
    • onychophoran, peripatus, velvet worm - any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
    • insect - small air-breathing arthropod
    • instar - an insect or other arthropod between molts
    belongs to: arthropoda, phylum arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
    has:
    • sclerite - hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
    • carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
    • apodeme - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles
    • arthromere - any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod
    • thorax - the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen

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