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Arthropod

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Word	Definition
insectnoun	An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
chemoreceptionnoun	the physiological sensory response of a sense organ to a chemical stimulus
bornenoun	carried, supported.
arthropodivorenoun	(biology) Any animal that eats arthropods
arachnomorphnoun	(zoology) Any arthropod of the clade Arachnomorpha
articulusnoun	(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
panarthropodnoun	(zoology) Any of many animals of the clade Panarthropoda.
arachnidnoun	Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
myriapodnoun	(zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda.
megacheirannoun	(zoology) Any arthropod with a relatively large appendage
thoracopodnoun	Any appendage attached to the thorax of an animal
onychophorannoun	(zoology) Any of many wormlike carnivorous ecdysozoan animals of the phylum Onychophora.
chaetopodnoun	(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an obsolete invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.
gnathitenoun	(zoology) Any of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda.
chelipednoun	(anatomy) A leg bearing a chela, or pincer-like claw.
phalangenoun	(anatomy) Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
arthropleuridnoun	(zoology) Any of the extinct myriapods in the family Arthropleuridae
chordatenoun	A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chetopodnoun	Alternative form of chaetopod. [(zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an obsolete invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern Annelida) made up of groups characterized by lateral bundles of bristles called chaetae used for locomotion.]
centipednoun	Archaic form of centipede. [Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.]