ARTHROPOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthropod mean? 

• ARTHROPOD (noun)
  The noun ARTHROPOD has 1 sense:

1. invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

  Familiarity information: ARTHROPOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHROPOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("arthropod" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Meronyms (parts of "arthropod"):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthropod"):

class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)

instar (an insect or other arthropod between molts)

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

onychophoran; peripatus; velvet worm (any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms)

crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)

pentastomid; tongue worm (wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals)

eurypterid (large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs)

Asian horseshoe crab (horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia)

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)

pycnogonid; sea spider (any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs)

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)

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)

tardigrade (an arthropod of the division Tardigrada)

garden centipede; garden symphilid; Scutigerella immaculata; symphilid (minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops)

myriapod (general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes)

arachnid; arachnoid (air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs)

trilobite (an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts)

Holonyms ("arthropod" is a member of...):

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)

Derivation:

arthropodal (of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda)

 Context examples 

Transmission does not appear to involve arthropods.

(Hantavirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Orbiviruses are infective in a wide range of arthropod and vertebrate hosts and primarily cause disease in animals.

(Orbivirus, NCI Thesaurus)

They infect molluscs, mammals, and birds and some are transmitted by arthropod vectors.

(Flaviviridae, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-taxonomic grouping of viruses that are transmitted through an arthropod vector and replicate in a vertebrate host.

(Arbovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A crucial finding was that neural connections link the reniform bodies to centers called mushroom bodies, iconic structures of arthropod brains that are required for olfactory learning and memory.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

The ants use this motion to smack other arthropods, likely stunning them, smashing them against a tunnel wall or pushing them away.

(Dracula Ant Found to Be Fastest Creature on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Also, plants, aboveground arthropods, and belowground animals were positively affected by mechanical weeding, compared with herbicide-based weeding.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)

A taxonomic class of arthropods that includes praying mantises, dragonflies, grasshoppers, true bugs, flies, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, and beetles.

(Insect, NCI Thesaurus)