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Arthropod

One of the Arthropoda.

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Arachnid 76% connected

An arachnidan.

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Arachnoid 76% connected

Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

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Crustacean 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.

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Insect 76% connected

One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

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Instar 76% connected

To stud as with stars.

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Merostomata 76% connected

A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs…

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Milliped 76% connected

The same Milleped.

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Myriapod 76% connected

One of the Myriapoda.

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Peripatus 76% connected

A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.

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Pycnogonid 76% connected

One of the Pycnogonida.

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Sea spider 76% connected

Any maioid crab; a spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider.

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Tardigrade 76% connected

Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.

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Trilobite 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods,…

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Invertebrate 76% connected

Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.

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Apodeme 70% connected

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

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Arthromere 70% connected

One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca.

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Carapace 70% connected

The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

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Cuticle 70% connected

The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

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Sclerite 70% connected

A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.

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Shell 70% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Shield 70% connected

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

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Thorax 70% connected

The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal verteb…

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