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arthropod

/ahr-thruh-pod/US // ˈɑr θrəˌpɒd //UK // (ˈɑːθrəˌpɒd) //

节肢动物,节肢动物类,节肢类动物,节支动物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also ar·throp·o·dal [ahr-throp-uh-dl], /ɑrˈθrɒp ə dl/, ar·throp·o·dan [ahr-throp-uh-dn], /ɑrˈθrɒp ə dn/, ar·throp·o·dous [ahr-throp-uh-duhs]. /ɑrˈθrɒp ə dəs/. belonging or pertaining to the Arthropoda.

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Examples

  • Nonlinear trends in abundance and diversity and complex responses to climate change in arctic arthropods.

  • Scientists find an increase in the overall numbers of arthropods in the Arctic, but a decline in diversity.

  • Unique features help scientists put arthropods into subgroups.

  • There are more species of insects on land than all other arthropods combined, says Kip Will.

  • My colleagues and I conducted a visual survey of 50 North Carolina homes to inventory just which arthropods live under our roofs.

  • Audouin gave the detailed demonstration of this by his accurate and minute determination of the pieces of the arthropod skeleton.

  • Turn the Arthropod on its back and the relative positions of the systems of organs are the same as in the Vertebrate.

  • Instances are seen in the Tunicata, and in various parasitic arthropod forms, such as Lerna, etc.

  • Such an arrangement suggests that in the ancient arthropod type a double segmentation existed, viz.

  • These cavities both in the vertebrate and in the arthropod disappear before the adult condition is reached.